Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Quotes
You cannot have an agreement... that gives a tailor's cut, a perfect handiwork, to a specific company.
Quinn, Andrew, and Eric Martin. "Mexico Minister Says U.S. Deals With Companies Erode Nafta." Bloomberg, 7 Dec. 2016.
Asked how he felt about the possibility of his wife, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, becoming Vice President:
During the 1860 Republican nominating convention, following the custom of the time, neither Lincoln or the odds on favorite, William H. Seward, were even in Chicago. Lincoln's campaign managers wired him regarding a possible deal with Simon Cameron to obtain the votes of the Pennsylvania delegation:. Lincoln's managers were incredulous. Without bargains there was no way Lincoln stood a chance. They decided that Lincoln didn't really mean what he had said but was only "covering himself" for the record. They proceeded to deal with Cameron as well as trade for most of the prospective cabinet and some Federal judgeships as well. Lincoln won and honored all the bargains when he became president.
He was then negotiating with the Egyptians. He attributed this to his mother’s advice.
Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal is a Mexican economist and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He previously served as the Secretary of Economy of Mexico during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto.
