For Dresser, Mexico has for far too long "belonged to its religious leaders to its conquerors, to its liberals, to its dictators, to its PRI partisans, to its imperial presidents, to its monopolists, to its political parties and to its elites”.
Per a Dresser, durant massa temps Mèxic ha “pertanyut als seus líders religiosos, conqueridors, liberals, dictadors, partidistes del PRI, presidents imperials, monopolistes, partits polítics i elits”.