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

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Vicente Fox
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: July 2
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Former President Of Mexico
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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.
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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.
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We have dignity in Mexico and we have to put a stop to anybody who offends the dignity of Mexico or its institutions.
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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.
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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.
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If we can put together a Mexican businessman and a U.S. businessman, they will find a way to do more business.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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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.
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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.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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I think there's a big misunderstanding on the value of migrants.
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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.
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I am the guardian of power, not its owner.
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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.
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President Obama is committed to Hispanics and migrants.
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The important thing is that the worst is over, ... Now comes the reconstruction.
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The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that is vital to the success of the U.S. economy.
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Mexico extends beyond its borders.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.
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