273 Quotes About Borders


  • Author Mark Caldwell
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    The upper classes were trying to patrol their borders and make sure that the newly rich didn't cross. And etiquette manuals, some people argue, were a result of those people who wanted to enter these exclusive precincts, wanting a guide as to how to do it.

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  • Author Michael Chertoff
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    We cannot hermetically seal 7,000 miles of land borders and keep out 100 percent of illegal crossers, ... But we can create such a high likelihood of interdiction that it will have a strong and unequivocal deterrent effect on those who wish to cross illegally.

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  • Author P. C. Cast
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    I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.

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  • Author Paul Cellucci
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    We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is closed to terrorists and drug pushers and smugglers and others who seek to break the law.

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  • Author Sandra Cisneros
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    As Indigenous peoples, we know there is more to the world. We know spirits exist. We know as women, because we're especially attuned to this kind of knowledge, that spirits exist and have a presence in our lives. Some of us are gifted and can communicate with the spirit world. Not everyone has that gift and can perceive the borders between the living and the dead and our society actively discourages us of exploring the knowledge of what many of us have already always known in our cultures.

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  • Author Ted Cruz
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    Marco [Rubio] has opposed at every point increased security - border security for those who come to our country.

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  • Author Ted Cruz
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    On his [Marco Rubio] Gang of Eight bill, he would have liberalized immigration, but he did not - and he steadfastly opposed any new border security requirements for refugees or students.

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  • Author Ted Cruz
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    Preventing people from illegally immigrating to the United States should be the primary purpose of Customs and Border Protection.

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