"You have a huge number of people who spend their time writing papers which show that migrants pay more to the country than they take out in benefits, and they say, "Why don't you approve of migration? Why don't you open up borders?" They're not able to empathize with how people feel about migration."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Duncan Green

#Country Quotes #Writing Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?”
“Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials.”
“The appalling details of the campaign of intimidation - which include grave-robbing - show the depths to which the animal extremists are prepared to stoop.”
“Flight is lawful, when one flies from tyrants.”
“The annual cost of cybercrime to the global economy is more than $4 billion”
“I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that one often has to work very hard to beat them.”
“Strike, if you will, but listen.”
“I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.”

Source : "Tea Party Victory Shakes Up New York Politics". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 22, 2010.

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