Daniel Ortega Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“If we do not cling to riches, selfishness or greed-then I believe we are getting closer to God.”
-- Daniel Ortega

#Believe #Greed #Selfishness

“My idol was Sandino, and also Christ. I was brought up a Christian, but I regarded Christ as a rebel, a revolutionary.”
-- Daniel Ortega

#Christian #Idols #Rebel

“Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country.”
-- Daniel Ortega

#Country #Uprising #United States

“Before consulting the hotheads who present various military options such as a military invasion: remember, President Reagan, Rambo only exists in the movies.”
-- Daniel Ortega

#Military #President #Rambo

“Legalisation doesn't make sense.”
-- Daniel Ortega

#Marijuana #Make Sense

“We are close to God when we are close to people. If we think of God as something in favor of the betterment of human beings, and if we act in a way that brings about that betterment-if we do not cling to riches, selfishness, or greed-then I believe we are getting closer to God.”
-- Daniel Ortega

#God #Believe #Thinking

“Rambo only exists in the movies.”
-- Daniel Ortega

#Rambo

“One has to bear in mind that during my childhood and adolescence, I suffered the repression of the Somoza dictatorship in every way: economically, socially, as well as at the hands of the police -- because if we went out on the street to play baseball, for example, the police would come and beat us up and put us in prison.”
-- Daniel Ortega

#Baseball #Hands #Play