John Kasich Quotes

We have to get control of our borders.

I'm not an expert on the ways of Washington [but] it makes no sense to me that we're not funding control of our border.

The idea that you're going have zero people crossing the border is unrealistic. But today we know that's not the case. Today we know we've got a porous border and people are coming in, and we don't know who they are. So secure the border then we can have a conversation about it.

A country without a border is like a person in a house without a front door. Anybody can enter and you cannot ask anybody to leave.

Sovereign countries have the right, and I would argue the responsibility of securing their borders and controlling who comes and goes in their country. All sovereign countries have that right. We have not exercised that right.

These are our borders, and we have to secure our borders.

We do not control our borders. We don’t know who is coming across and we don’t know what is coming across.

I have no doubt that if we act with proper focus, we can protect our borders, our sovereignty, and our citizens, all while remaining true to America's noblest legacies.

A key part of your sovereignty is the ability to control the influx and outflow of your people and is the ability to secure your border.

The wall is not a bilateral issue. It's not something that we discuss with the American government. Every country has a sovereign right to protect its borders the best way that they see fit.

Every country has the right to manage who comes in and out of those borders.

While leaving our own border wide open. Anybody can come in. But don't worry, we're getting a wall.We're getting bad people out of this country.

Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation.

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.

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.

The simple truth is that we've lost control of our own borders, and no nation can do that and survive.

I'm going to make our country safe. We're going to have borders in our country, which we don't know. People are pouring into our country and coming in from the Middle East and other places.

The secretary of Homeland Security working with myself and my staff will begin immediate construction of a border wall.

Securing the border is priority number one.

I'm going to make America safe. We're going to have borders in our country, which we don't have now. People are pouring into our country, and they're coming in from the Middle East and other places.

We have no country if we have no border.

Hillary Clinton will be very weak on the border. She wants people just to flow in terms of illegal immigration. People are going to flow into the country. And it's going to be a disaster.

A Trump administration will secure and defend our borders.

We can control our borders, we just choose not too.

How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?