“The gorillas are not yet sufficiently advanced in evolutionary terms to have discovered the benefits of passports, currency-declaration forms, and official bribery, and therefore tend to wander backward and forward across the border as and when their beastly, primitive whim takes them.” FormTermAnimalBenefitsWanderBordersOfficialsPrimitiveCurrencyDeclarationWhimPassportsGorillasBriberyBeastly Book:Last Chance To See Source: Last Chance To See
“My position is that the rate should align with the level of economic development. Because it is always about a balance, a balance of interests, and it should reflect this balance. A balance between those who sell something across the border and those who benefit from a low rate, as well as a balance between the interests of those who buy, who need the rate to be higher. A balance between national producers, for example, agricultural producers who are interested in it.” NeedsShouldWellsInterestLevelsEconomicExamplePositionDevelopmentBalanceHigherBenefitsLowsSellsRateProducersBordersEconomic Development Author:Vladimir Putin
“In America, we trade more energy with our neighbors than we trade with the rest of the world combined. And I do want us to have an electric grid, an energy system that crosses borders. I think that would be a great benefit to us.” ThinkingWorldWantWould BeAmericaEnergyBenefitsCrossesTradeNeighborBordersElectricWant UGrids Author:Hillary Clinton
“You have a huge number of people who spend their time writing papers which show that migrants pay more to the country than they take out in benefits, and they say, "Why don't you approve of migration? Why don't you open up borders?" They're not able to empathize with how people feel about migration.” PeopleFeelsWritingCountryShowsAbleNumbersPayHugePaperBenefitsBordersPapersMigrationMigrantsHuge Numbers Author:Duncan Green
“Our immigration policy is focussed in four areas: First, strengthening border control; second, protecting American jobs by enforcing laws against illegal immigrants at the workplace; third, deporting criminal and deportable aliens; fourth, giving assistance to states who need it, and denying illegal aliens benefits for public services or welfare.” NeedsGivingFirstsStatesJobsLawFourPolicyBenefitsAreasThirdsCriminalsImmigrationAliensWelfareBordersImmigrantsIllegalFourthWorkplaceAssistancePublic ServiceStrengtheningIllegal ImmigrantsIllegal AliensImmigration PolicyAmerican JobsBorder Control Author:William J. Clinton
“All Americans, not only in the states most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public services they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens.” CountryStatesUseMightJobsNumbersRecordsCitizensBenefitsMovedBurdenCriminalsImmigrationOur CountrySecureAliensAdministrationWelfareBordersImmigrantsIllegalAffectedEnteringTaxpayersDisturbedPublic ServiceHiringLarge NumbersIllegal Aliens Author:William J. Clinton
“It's absolutely the wrong signal, I think, to those who have entered this country legally or those who may be considering illegal immigration for a lot of benefits to be provided... Emergency medical needs should be met, but otherwise I think send the wrong signal to those who have come into the country legally and those who may be considering illegal immigration. So as you know, I've called for an increase in the border patrol agents. I've looked at that from both the standpoints of drugs and to prevent illegal immigration, but I think that's where the focus should be.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsShouldMayCountryFocusMetsDrugBenefitsIncreaseMedicalImmigrationAgentsBordersIllegalConsideringSignalsEmergenciesStandpointIllegal ImmigrationBorder Patrol Author:Elizabeth Dole