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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
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Former President Of Mexico
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Guanajuato
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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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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.
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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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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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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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The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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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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Mexico extends beyond its borders.
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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.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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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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By dedicating so much concentration to the issue of security, bilateral matters pass to a secondary level.
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There are people that go ahead, that see problems before the rest, that take decisions before the rest.
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