“There was something that was killing the people in the interior, in the forest area, of the country, and nobody quite knew what it was. That lasted a good three months before it was officially declared that it was Ebola virus. So it started off in Guinea and spread quite slowly, but then spread over the border into Sierra Leone and Liberia.” PeopleCountryThreeMonthsAreasKillingSpreadForestsBordersInteriorsVirusesThree MonthsGuineaSierraEbolaSierra LeoneEbola Virus Author:Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
“Pedagogically, we need definitions and borders. They help us get our heads around what we're talking about.” NeedsHelpingTalkingDefinitionsBorders Author:John D'Agata
“I myself wouldn't want to read a magazine that focuses solely on a small part of the literary field or of the popular culture - better to smash the borders and look for interesting and important stuff from many different forms of storytelling.” WantLooksImportantDifferentFormCultureStuffInterestingFieldsStorytellingMagazinesBordersPopular CultureSmall Parts Author:Toni Jerrman
“The pope once again ripped - I mean, really ripped - capitalism and Americans' immigration policy at the Mexican border, before he boarded the plane and returned to Italy.” MeanPolicyCapitalismImmigrationPlanesBordersPopeMexicanRippedImmigration PolicyMexican Border Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Now Pope Francis on his overnight flight back to Italy explains how contraception can be justified. This is the pope, the Vicar of Christ, the Catholic Church explaining how contraception could be justified. And then he rips into capitalism and the American immigration policies while at the Mexican border before getting on his plane to go back to Italy.” ChristChurchPolicyCapitalismCatholicImmigrationFlightPlanesBordersPopeJustifiedMexicanExplainingRipCatholic ChurchContraceptionImmigration PolicyVicarsMexican Border Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When I'm president, the Senate bill is not going to be what we're operating off of. It's going to begin by focusing on securing our border first and foremost. And until you do that, you're not going to be able to do anything else.” FirstsAblePresidentBillsBordersSenate Author:Marco Rubio
“With the decline of American interests in the outcome of this region, there is no glue holding it together. And the countries in this region are invented ... The last guarantor of the region's borders was the United States, and the US has basically said "the hell with it." What you're really having is the collapse of nation-states because they're not nations. They're only states.” SaidCountryStatesTogetherLastsNationsInterestUnitedUnited StatesHellBordersOutcomesRegionsDeclineCollapseGlue Author:George Friedman
“I think the working men and women are getting hammered right now. They want someone they can trust to stand with them. And part of the reason so many conservatives are uniting behind our campaign is, I'm the only one who led the battle against amnesty, has led the battle to secure the borders, has led the battle for the working men and women of this country.” ThinkingMenWantCountryReasonBehindsRight NowBattleMen And WomenCampaignsSecureBordersAmnestyUnitingWorking ManHammered Author:Ted Cruz
“The specific question was visa overstays.Current federal law requires a biometric exit-entry system when you come in on a visa. And the [Barack] Obama administration is just ignoring federal law. Forty percent of illegal immigration is not people who cross the borders illegally. It's people who come legally on a visa and never leave.” PeopleLawPercentCrossesCurrentsImmigrationAdministrationBarackBordersFortyIllegalExitEntryIllegal ImmigrationVisaBiometrics Author:Ted Cruz
“I think outsiders sometimes produce the best fictional perspectives on reality because they're set apart from it, so they have a unique view from the border.” ThinkingSometimesRealityViewsProducePerspectiveUniqueBordersOutsiders Author:Christopher Rice
“Gratuitous cruelty borders on the pathological, psychotic and that becomes uninteresting because there is no choice.” ChoicesCrueltyBordersPsychotic Author:Constantin Stanislavski
“I think the world is more perilous and America is basically undefended. For me the two touchstones after 9/11 for domestic security were our borders. Not for discriminatory reasons or to stop immigration, but simply to allow law enforcement to find out who is in our country without facing an undocumented pool of aliens that increases by the hour.” ThinkingWorldTwoCountryReasonAmericaLawHoursSecurityIncreaseImmigrationOur CountryAliensBordersPoolLaw EnforcementEnforcementTouchstones Author:Michael Scheuer
“It is a gift, and you realize as soon as you cross the border into Paraguay, as I did, the first time in '82, that you are in a sort of wonderland. Nothing is quite right: the buildings, they've got their own architecture, their own language; and everything is just a little bit off key.” FirstsLittlesLanguageBitsRealizingBuildingKeysLittle BitFirst TimeCrossesArchitectureBordersWonderlandParaguay Author:John Gimlette
“In a museum in El Paso, Texas, there's a map that shows all the places the border between the U.S. and Mexico has been (because it shifted) - I find it very clarifying (not confusing) to be reminded that everything we feel like we've really pinned down is transient, arbitrary, and marks the site of a painful if not violent negotiation, one that may not have ended.” IfsFeelsMayHas BeensShowsMarkPainfulViolentBordersMapsMuseumsTexasMexicoSiteNegotiationConfusingArbitraryTransientClarifyingEl Paso Author:Laura Mullen
“I have a double policy, which would also solve immigration: I would stand at the border of New York City and I would say, "You can come here to live, but you can't come here to visit."” CitiesPolicyNew YorkSolveImmigrationBordersNew York City Author:Fran Lebowitz
“'m constantly depressed by the Mexican gang members I meet in East L.A. who essentially live their lives inside five or six blocks. They are caught in some tiny ghetto of the mind that limits them to these five blocks because, they say, "I'm Mexican. I live here." And I say, "What do you mean you live here - five blocks? Your granny, your abualita, walked two thousand miles to get here. She violated borders, moved from one language to another, moved from a sixteenth-century village to a twenty-first-century city, and you live within five blocks?"” MindFirstsMeanTwoLanguageCitiesFiveCenturyThousandLimitsMembersSixTwentiesMovedCaughtEastTinyMilesBlockBordersVillageGangMexicanGhettoThousand MilesGrannyGang Members Author:Richard Rodriguez
“Three-quarters of the flags, borders and anthems sitting at the U.N. today were not there 60 some-odd years ago.” YearsTodayThreeSittingYears AgoOddBordersQuartersFlagsAnthem Author:Juan Enriquez
“The Americas has been a relatively stable continent. The last truly new border we have is Panama in 1903.” Has BeensLastsBordersStableContinentsPanama Author:Juan Enriquez
“I have a dog that loves to fight. It's a border collie, and they fight low to the ground. Other dogs are terrified of my dog, because he gets low and goes for the balls.” FightingDogLowsBallsBordersTerrifiedMy DogColliesGet Low Author:Jeremy Hotz
“Well, we're [USA] not looking for an ally; what we're looking for is a stable, democratic government that is not beholden to anyone in the region and is able to be secure within its own borders and have its own policy.” WellsGovernmentAblePolicyDemocraticSecureBordersUsaRegionsAlliesStableDemocratic Government Author:Joe Biden
“First of all, there are Persians and Arabs. The fact they share a religion, a Shiite religion, does not mean that they're close. It doesn't work that way. There is a relationship because there is a long border. There is going to be trade between them. They should have a relationship. They want to make sure that - though, that there is no undue influence coming from Iran or any other country in the region.” WayWantShouldFirstsMeanLongDoeCountryFactsShareInfluenceShould HaveTradeBordersRegionsIranOther Countries Author:Joe Biden
“In my state [ Maryland] we've lost jobs to NAFTA, we did not gain jobs from NAFTA. But I think it's very difficult when your state is right up against the northern border, you do see things differently.” ThinkingStatesJobsLostDifficultGainsBordersNaftaMaryland Author:Barbara Mikulski
“The reason Donald Trump has supporters... I can go through the list for you. The issues are border/immigration, jobs, military, "make America great again..."” I CanReasonJobsAmericaIssuesMilitaryTrumpListsImmigrationBordersSupporter Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Recently, while I was in England, I saw a documentary on the BBC about the border between India and Pakistan at Wagah. When the border closes each evening around six o' clock, the soldiers on each side do these amazing high-stepping peacock march-offs (like a dance-off). The displays are almost identical on each side and thousands gather to watch them. Though they're patrolling along their separate borders, what comes across is how similar they are.” SidesWatchesSawsSixIndiaEnglandSoldierEveningClockBordersMarchDisplayDocumentariesPakistanIdenticalPeacockIndia And PakistanPatrolling Author:Matthea Harvey
“Whether you're talking about political borders or aesthetic divisions (and clearly, the political ones have much more tragic consequences), it seems like once they are created, we want to patrol them, enforce them.” WantSeemsPoliticalTalkingConsequenceBordersTragicDivisionAesthetic Author:Matthea Harvey
“I grew up spending time at my grandmother's farm in Germany and she lived a few kilometers away from the border between east and west Germany. It was so strange that roads which used to connect two towns now ended in the middle.” TwoUsedMiddleStrangeGrewGrew UpTownsWestSpendingEastBordersGermanyGrandmotherFarmsMy GrandmotherSpending TimeEast And WestWest Germany Author:Matthea Harvey
“I think the desire to reject elites, to retreat within more comfortable geographic and personal borders and to lash out at political correctness is not a phenomenon unique to Britain or the US.” ThinkingPoliticalDesireComfortableUniqueBordersBritainRejectsPhenomenonElitesRetreatPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessLashes Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“I don't think immigration is what's happening in our country. I think an invasion is what is happening, particularly southern border.” ThinkingCountryHappeningsImmigrationOur CountryBordersSouthernInvasion Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The promise to take back control of our borders. I will end free movement, introduce an Australian-style points-based system for immigration, and bring numbers down. With my leadership, it will be delivered.” EndsNumbersStyleMovementPromiseImmigrationBordersIntroducingAustralianFree Movement Author:Michael Gove
“Without the Turkey agreement, tens of thousands of refugees would still be stuck in Greece. The Commission presented proposals for securing Europe's external borders early on, but they languished in the Council for months. As you can see, the Commission isn't asleep. Oftentimes it has to wake up the others.” StillsMonthsEuropeWake UpStuckBordersAgreementRefugeeCouncilTurkeysGreeceProposal Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“I have always considered it to be a minor miracle that after the war, people in Europe's border regions were able to forget everything and, in accordance with the slogan "Never Again War," develop a program that still works today.” PeopleStillsWarTodayAbleForgetEuropeProgramMiracleBordersRegionsMinorsSlogansForget Everything Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“As a person who grew up in a border town, it is important to me that I use my education and my art to tell human stories of an otherwise neglected and marginalized community.” HumansPersonsArtImportantStoriesUseCommunityGrewGrew UpTownsBordersNeglectedMarginalized Author:Raul Castillo
“Donald Trump is saying we're going to end the lawlessness at the border and we're going to push Mexico to do better. So there's been a reaction by the activist community to attack him.” EndsCommunityTrumpReactionsBordersActivistMexicoLawlessness Author:Jeff Sessions
“Ending the lawlessness at the border? I don't believe a fourth-generation Hispanic thinks that's evil. I don't think an African American thinks there's anything wrong with protecting their jobs for a change.” ThinkingBelieveJobsEvilGenerationsDon't BelieveAfrican AmericanBordersFourthHispanicLawlessness Author:Jeff Sessions
“As the witness testified before my Subcommittee on Immigration, that barriers magnify the ability of every Border Patrol agent to be more effective. And so if you make up your mind, you can build substantial mileage barriers. It will increase the ability of our officers to perform, and the most important thing is, it sends a message to the world, the border is closed.” IfsWorldMindImportantAbilityMessagesIncreaseImportant ThingsImmigrationAgentsWitnessBordersBarriersOfficersMake Up Your MindMileageBorder Patrol Author:Jeff Sessions
“Hillary Clinton says nobody should be deported that entered illegally unless they commit a violent felony, which is an argument for open borders and American people reject that.” PeopleShouldArgumentClintonViolentCommitBordersRejectsFelony Author:Jeff Sessions
“It's perfectly reasonable and responsible policy for any nation to maintain its sovereignty, to protect its borders. And [Donald] Trump does not believe in ending immigration. He's never proposed that.” BelieveDoeNationsPolicyTrumpProtectResponsibleImmigrationBordersReasonableSovereignty Author:Jeff Sessions
“To every American, he [Donald Trump] is saying to them, "You elect me and we're going to fix the lawlessness at this border."” TrumpBordersLawlessness Author:Jeff Sessions
“I think the elites who have done nothing about it, who don't want a wall and don't care that the border is illegal, they see this as a threat.” ThinkingWantDoneCareWallThreatDon't CareBordersIllegalElites Author:Jeff Sessions
“Instead of engaging on the merits and saying, "Well, we want an open border, you know, we really do," and that's all good for America because they know the people will reject that, they [the elites] attack Donald Trump as an extremist, which I think is unfair.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWellsAmericaTrumpBordersMeritRejectsElitesUnfairEngagingExtremist Author:Jeff Sessions
“I just don't think there's that many people who think it's wrong to have control on our borders. That's not racism. It's not racism to question some of the political correctness today that's going on, to recognize that things are going as well as - for American workers, as they'd like, because people, their frustration is arising from a deep sense of unease that Washington is fiddling while their house is burning.” PeopleThinkingWellsTodayPoliticalHouseRacismWorkersBurningBordersFrustrationPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessAmerican Workers Author:Jeff Sessions
“Should we have border security there? Yes. But the idea of the United States erecting a wall for the world to see makes a lie of everything we say about ourselves. It's a little bit like why the President [Barack Obama] and I feel so strongly about closing Guantanamo. It is inconsistent with who we are.” WorldFeelsShouldLittlesIdeasStatesLyingBitsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityWallLittle BitBarackBordersWho We AreClosingPresident Barack ObamaInconsistentGuantanamoBorder Security Author:Joe Biden
“If they [mexicans] cross the border, I think, and they are violating the law, then that word criminal does connect with that violation, so if they're violating the law, I guess you can call them criminals. We call everybody else criminals that violate the law.” IfsThinkingDoeLawCrossesCriminalsBordersViolation Author:Joe Arpaio
“The border between the dead and the living, if you're Mexican, doesn't exist. The dead are part of your life. Like my dad, who's not here, but he's here.That's why there's the Day of the Dead. There's such a connection with the dead.” IfsDadConnectionsMy DadBordersMexicanDay Of The Dead Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I live in a town that's two and a half hours from the border. I know people who have lived in San Antonio for generations, sometimes seven generations, their families are from there, and they are of Mexican descent, and they've never gone farther than the border.” PeopleKnowsTwoSometimesHoursHalfGoneGenerationsTownsSevenBordersMexicanDescentHalf HoursAntonioSan Antonio Author:Sandra Cisneros
“For Mexicans, for Americans, we are all united by 3,000 kilometers of border, with neighboring states - ten neighbors states, and with population over 15 million inhabitants. And their well-being depends on the well-being of their neighbors.” WellsStatesUnitedMillionsDependsTenPopulationNeighborWell BeingBorders Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“Fear knows no borders, and the terminology of hate has seeped into every aspect of life.” KnowsHateAspectBordersAspects Of LifeTerminology Author:Andre Naffis-Sahely
“Since it took up office, the Commission which I lead has pursued a clear policy: we need less interference from Brussels when it comes to the things that Member States can deal with better on their own. That is why we no longer regulate oil cans or showerheads, but concentrate instead on what we can do better together rather than alone - such as tackling the refugee crisis or securing our external borders. Only in that way can we make people feel that Europe makes a tangible difference.” PeopleWayNeedsFeelsStatesTogetherCan DoDifferencesDealsClearPolicyMembersOfficeEuropeCrisisOilBordersRefugeePursuedTangibleInterferenceTacklingRefugee CrisisBrusselsBetter Together Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“I think the reasons for not selecting persons like the Reverend Borders and John Wesley Dobbs were, in my book rather obvious reasons: because they were people who were basically oriented in the direction of the established method of not confronting the power structure, but trying to elicit concessions by various and sundry means of, well, let's call it accommodating leadership.” PeopleThinkingTryingWellsMeanPersonsBookReasonMethodStructureObviousVariousBordersConfrontingConcessionsReverends Author:Ella Baker
“I would like to hear from Chancellor Merkel what she was thinking when opening the borders. I cannot imagine at all what it was.” ThinkingImagineOpeningBorders Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski