"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."

"Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us. A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country."

"At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I am the guardian of power, not its owner."

"I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money."

"We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far."

"You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world."

"We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open relationship between the governing and the governed."

"I think it's very important that the United States keeps out of the local electoral process in Mexico."