Mexico is the second most important destination of U.S. exports. What does this mean? The U.S. sells to our country almost the same as it sells to all the European Union, five times what it sells Brazil. More than what it sells together to Brazil, Russia, China, and India.

Each dollar Mexico exports to the U.S. has a content of American production of 40¢.

I'm not driving to be a popular president.

The level of credit in Mexico has shown to be low. And where credit concentrates the most favors large corporations and not companies.

Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I believe that if we recognize how interdependent the U.S. with its neighbors from the North and the South, we are part of NAFTA, a trade agreement.

I believe that Mexico, geographically, is located in a privileged position. We serve as the meeting point with North America and the rest of Latin America.

Every time you go for more competition, some people don't like it, but that's the way it is.

Pemex becomes a productive company of the state, but it will have competition and can make associations with the private sector.

There is no evidence that terrorists use Mexico to cross into the United States. There have been comments to that regard, but not one of those statements has contained hard evidence.

I believe the conditions are very favorable for Mexico to grow. I'm very optimistic.

I propose changing fear for hope. I propose changing Mexico.

I may not remember the name of a book's author, but let it be clear, what I will not forget is the violence, the poverty and the desperation that Mexico is living through.

My only definition is that I am a pragmatist.

Mexico has perhaps, in some ways, a good practice, in which it has officials devoted precisely to hold those children, to retain those children that are crossing through our territory, who are coming from Central America.

Mexico has shelters, which care for children trying to cross the border, who have no company with them.

Once every 12 years there is a unique opportunity to reinforce the bonds between Mexico and the United States, when our presidential election cycles coincide.

Acting aggressively will allow our youth to aspire for better-paid jobs and find alternatives to criminality.

We have been using foreign affairs ministries to address security issues, but this practice is outdated. It's time to assign the handling of regional security to national organizations and expert institutions.

The North American Free Trade Agreement marked a fundamental change in the global trade scheme.

If we don't make sure that Mexico can offer potential investors more input, they'll stop coming to Mexico. They'll go to the United States or other places where it is more economically viable to carry out their projects.

Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption.

U.S. politicians are increasingly recognizing the relevance of the Hispanic vote in U.S. politics.

In terms of the espionage, this is something I have talked to President Obama about. We don't want it to mar the relationship between Mexico and the United States. But it is unacceptable for a country to practice such espionage, especially if there is a good relationship with the other country.

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I hope for my children, and for all Mexicans, that they can be proud to be Mexican, proud of their heritage, and proud that they have a peaceful, inclusive, vibrant country that is playing a role in the world.

I think a good relationship that Mexico could maintain with the United States and vice versa should be based on trust, on opening - openness and constant dialogue that would allow us essentially to define, share objectives and to work towards those so as to avoid activities which are not known to the other government.

What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authorities to be intimidated, by organized crime.

Mexico is a safe country.

Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results; if not, then you get a democracy of disenchantment.

To get elected in Mexico today, you have to compete like any democracy, and you don't do that by being manipulated.

Without better economic opportunity, you can't have better public security and vice versa.

I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of crime has increased.

I have publicly talked about Mexico's need to open ourselves up to the participation of the private sector in the energy sector, however this doesn't mean privatizing state-run companies.

Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements.

One single visit is not enough to be able to say that you know Mexico.

It's obvious that Pemex doesn't have the financial capacity to be in every single front of energy generation.

I believe immigration reform is a commitment of President Obama's government, especially since it gives him a chance to respond to the great demand expressed by U.S. Hispanic voters.

The coalition is a model that has no place in a presidential regime such as in Mexico. It fits in parliamentary models, but Mexico has a presidential regime.

Society judges political parties based on the results that they give. When they don't meet the population's needs, when they are not up to expectations, that leaves society free to pick other parties.

Mexico has lost its leadership, and a lot of that has to do with its poor performance and the lack of better results in our country.

Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy.