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• God's love for others does not stop at the border; neither should ours.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Doe, Should, God's Love

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• If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban?

  Ann Coulter

  Mexican Border, Minorities, Literature

  Ann Coulter (2007). “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans”, p.132, Crown Forum

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• The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders.

  Bobby Jindal

  Country, Dirty, Naughty

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• Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.

  Ellsworth Huntington

  Home, Men, Southern

  Ellsworth Huntington (1920). “The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America”, p.60, Library of Alexandria

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• The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.

  Gijs de Vries

  Agency, Europe, Helping

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• California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States

  Gary Miller

  California, Numbers, United States

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• Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

  James K. Polk

  Country, Patriotic, Sublime

  James K. Polk (2009). “Messages and Papers of the Presidents: James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and Franklin Pierce”, p.2479, Wildside Press LLC

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• Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but one that will inspire them to seek a higher, happier destiny within their own borders.

  King Hussein I

  Destiny, Play, Inspire

  "A Field Guide to Jordan’s Battle Against ISIS" by Marc Ginsberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 5, 2015.

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• We all learned in kindergarten that the beginning is a very good place to start. As we have this debate on illegal immigration and illegal entry into this country, let's begin at the very beginning by sealing the borders to this great Nation.

  Marsha Blackburn

  Country, Immigration, Debate

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• In fact, the recent increase in intra-firm trading enables businesses to shift their activities across borders smoothly, thereby strengthening the response of economic activity to exchange rate movements in the long run.

  Toshihiko Fukui

  Running, Long, Facts

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• Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.

  George Steiner

  Silence, World, Language

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• As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow.

  Virgil Goode

  Numbers, Focus, House

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• The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, People, Lines

  "Is President Obama betraying Israel?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. March 02, 2015.

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• We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.

  Jim Ramstad

  Immigration, Needs, Port

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• Our Nation's immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.

  Steve Israel

  Law, Immigration, Disrespectful

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• Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

  Ronald Reagan

  Wall, Humor, Oxygen

  The Guardian, June 14, 1989.

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• Currently, most States do not recognize within their borders concealed carry permits issued in other States.

  Howard Coble

  Permit, States, Concealed

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• There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.

  Denis Kearney

  Chinese, Mexico, Columbia

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• Everywhere I travel throughout Eastern Washington, I hear from people demanding we do a better job of controlling our borders and reducing illegal immigration.

  Cathy McMorris Rodgers

  Travel, Jobs, People

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• Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void

  Hervey Allen

  Color, Void, Tendencies

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• Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance.

  Richard Leakey

  Military, Distance, Police

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• I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.

  Hans Blix

  Thinking, Together, Middle East

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• Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders.

  Nick Clooney

  Home, Animal, Affection

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• Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this.

  Pete Domenici

  Needs, Congress, Infrastructure

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• There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

  Mike Johanns

  Country, Momentum, Certain

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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