Vicente Fox

Let me tell you that I love the United States.

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

To me, governing is communicating. That facilitates the whole job because I can listen, I can hear what people have to say, and at the same time I can let them know what are we working on, what is our strategic line, and where are we going.

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.

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.

President Obama is committed to Hispanics and migrants.

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

Always, in every human action, there are leaders.

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

Every idea has its time.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.

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.

If we can put together a Mexican businessman and a U.S. businessman, they will find a way to do more business.

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

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.

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.