Pedro Pierluisi quotes

“Puerto Rico loses out on billions of dollars annually because it is treated unequally under a range of federal programs, including tax credits available to millions of households in the States that do not pay federal income taxes.”
-- Pedro Pierluisi

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“A territory cannot become a state or a nation unless Congress approves legislation and the president signs it.”
-- Pedro Pierluisi

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“Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation.”
-- Pedro Pierluisi

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“Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.”

Source : Letter from his cell at the Allenwood Federal Penitentiary to Stephen Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, November 2000; cited on the FAS website. Ames, you see, was not at fault; it was those who trusted him.

“An erection at will is the moral equivalent of a valid credit card.”

“CREDIT supposes specific and permanent funds for the punctual payment of interest, with a moral certainty of a final redemption of the principal.”

“While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave.”

“Killing the infidels is our religion, slaughtering them is our religion, until they convert to Islam or pay us tribute.”

“My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.”

“But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.”

“I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that.”

“We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.”

“When you only have a million dollar annual budget and a Super Bowl ad costs $4 million, you have to do something very creative to get onto the Super Bowl.”