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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

Vicente Fox

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Vicente Fox
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: July 2
Businessperson
Economist
Former President Of Mexico
Politician
León
Guanajuato
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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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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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I think it's very important that the United States keeps out of the local electoral process in Mexico.
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And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
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We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.
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By dedicating so much concentration to the issue of security, bilateral matters pass to a secondary level.
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I think there's a big misunderstanding on the value of migrants.
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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.
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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.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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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 an honest person, transparent, that look citizens straight in their faces.
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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.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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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.
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President Obama is committed to Hispanics and migrants.
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The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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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.
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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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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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