“The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.”

The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.

We can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.

Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.

Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.

We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.

As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.

We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.

Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.

As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.

Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.

The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.

During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.

There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.

America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.

Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.

We make things together. We have shared production platforms.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

I don’t really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.

I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.

You explain right well, and you shew that you understand argument and are not a mere sophist since you accept that which cannot be denied.

A good parent, a good neighbour, a good citizen, is not good because his specific goals are acceptable, but because his successive goals are ordered to a dependable and socially desirable set of values. (1947)

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.

I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.

You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.