Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesadais a Mexican businessman who was President of Mexico from 1 December 2000, to 30 November 2006 under the National Action Party. He is also the Co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of center-right political parties...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth2 July 1942
CountryMexico
aware capable dreams
We need to be aware of what we are capable of first and realize that if you place your dreams really really high, you do have the potential to get to that level.
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I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895, and ride it all the way down to Guanajuato, looking for his American dream. No penny in his pocket, only dreams in his head. And he was an immigrant coming from the States into Mexico. And he found his American dream in Mexico.
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On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.
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We recognize the value to those who come to the United States to work, to study, to contribute, and we appreciate what this will do to the flow of visitors, now that they will not have to be photographed or fingerprinted at the front-end of short visits to the United States,
government issue pension priority
The pension issue is a priority for my government and also a priority for our economy,
pays
To be united, to be friendly, pays and pays well,
compensate finance goods homes loss plans producers rebuild recover support
We are going to support everyone to recover their goods and rebuild their homes that were destroyed, to compensate agricultural producers for the loss of crops, and in finance plans for businesses,
applaud change dare medium size
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.
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Mexico is the only country in the world that has a trade agreement with United States and Canada, and at the same time has one with Europe. These are the two largest markets in the world. By the same token, Mexico has one of the most open economies.
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I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.
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What Mexicans want and aspire to, is to go there and work temporarily and raise some money and come back home. That's what they want, so nobody's asking for those two, three million Mexicans that are illegally in the United States to become American citizens.
against closed economy-and-economics goes path successful vision
This is a vision of the future, ... Every vision of nationalism, of a closed economy, of protectionism goes against the successful path of globalization and of progressive economies.
personal position
This is a personal position of the Venezuelan president.
lives protect
The most important thing now ... is to protect lives, protect the lives of our children, of our grandparents, ... Possessions can be replaced.