Adolfo Aguilar Zinser

The understanding that the political and intellectual class of the United States has of Mexico is a country whose position is that of a back yard.

My work at the United Nations discomforted some members of the U.S. government, which exercises its power beyond collective understandings and international law.

Servants are not allowed to ask questions. They are only supposed to follow orders. That attitude has to change. But in order for it to change, there has to be radical improvement in the quality of the intelligence produced by the Mexican government.

Countries only have certain opportunities in history, and if you do not take advantage of them, those opportunities don't ever come back to you again.

The political parties have lost their loyalties.

The democracy we are constructing must be able to show its usefulness and relevance.

We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.

We don't have to be rude with each other; we have to be diplomatic.

For us to accomplish our goals, it will be necessary to transform our political culture, to respect plurality, and to build, among ourselves, bridges and more bridges.

Trust comes from deeds.

Any Mexican, would recognise that Mexico was abused, undervalued and downgraded in international circles, most of all by the United States.