Vicente Fox Quotes

So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.

Prohibition didn't work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple.

Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions.

We want from here to express our solidarity and our support to all the victims of these acts of terrorism and their family members. We reiterate our complete, emphatic rejection of all forms of violence and all forms of terrorism.

The disgraceful and shameful construction of walls, the increasing enforcement of security systems and increasing violation of human rights and labor rights will not protect the economy of the United States.

Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

I think it's very important that the United States keeps out of the local electoral process in Mexico.

We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.

At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors.

Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us.

A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country.

We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open relationship between the governing and the governed.

There's no doubt that Mexican men and women full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States.

I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.

I don`t understand why President [Enrique] Pena has offered this opportunity.

I think it`s nothing more than a political stunt. Trump is using Mexico, is using President Pena to boost his sinking poll numbers.

I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.

We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.

We must put together countries that produce drugs, countries that traffic, and countries that consume, and through this multilateral effort really stop the growing of crime.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.

When the day comes that it is time to adopt the alternative of lifting punishment for consumption of drugs, it would have to come all over the world. Humanity some day will see that it is best in that sense.

The important thing is that the worst is over, ... Now comes the reconstruction.

If we can put together a Mexican businessman and a U.

S. businessman, they will find a way to do more business.

You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.

No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.

I believe that work can be done on security;

in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.

Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.

Mexico extends beyond its borders.

President Obama is committed to Hispanics and migrants.

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

In recent years a new International System has been developing, oriented toward the establishment of norms and principles of universal jurisdiction, above national sovereignty, in the areas of what is called the New Agenda...we have to confront ..... what I dare to call the Anglo-Saxon prejudice against the establishment of supra-national organizations.

I am an honest person, transparent, that look citizens straight in their faces.

We have dignity in Mexico and we have to put a stop to anybody who offends the dignity of Mexico or its institutions.

Every idea has its time.

This morning we were notified about the horrible news of the series of terrorist attacks in the United States, that have left a great trail of destruction. Mexico expresses its condolences to the Government and the American people for the irreparable human losses. We also express our energetic condemnation to these attacks. I have informed President George Bush of our feelings of sorrow and our solidarity in such difficult moments.

Let me tell you that I love the United States.

I mean, we must act with intelligence.

We must work on this framework, so that immigration becomes an asset to both nations. Believe me, what - just the Mayor Bloomberg said here in New York, that this city would be stopped, totally stopped if it were not by the immigrants working here.

And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.

Always, in every human action, there are leaders.

First, to begin with, Mexico is North American;

the one that is using wrong the term is United States. United States is not North America. North America is Mexico, United States, and Canada.

There are people that go ahead, that see problems before the rest, that take decisions before the rest.

I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.

Fortunately, I have money that's from my life's work.

But it's money that I share and used greatly to fight poverty in my country.

What nourishes us at home and in school is what inspires us.

When we get awareness and learn about the great potential that we all human beings have, we are able to discover our leadership.

I think there's a big misunderstanding on the value of migrants.

As long as they are working, they should be legalized.

I admire so much each and every migrant. They are the most loyal workers in the U.S. economy. They build the homes of those who are attacking them.

By dedicating so much concentration to the issue of security, bilateral matters pass to a secondary level.

He [Donald trump] is not welcome to Mexico.

By 130 million people, we don`t like him. We don`t want him. We reject his visit.

Change will not come from above, it will come from below, from the small and medium size businesspeople. They do dare to show their faces. They applaud us and help us financially.

The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.