Luis A. Ferre quotes
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“I am concerned that many young people in the Hemisphere seem to envision the United States as a nation intoxicated by power, addicted to warfare, controlled by a military-industrial complex, and determined to preserve the status quo, that we are against rapid economic and social growth.”
-- Luis A. FerreSource : National Governors Association Annual Meeting NGA, 1971.
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“Industry is not a collection of machines and tools and buildings. It is a social entity that has the responsibility of realizing the happiness of those who work in it.”
-- Luis A. FerreSource : "The Americas: The Democratic Left". content.time.com. May 11, 1962.
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“Not only are Puerto Ricans citizens by birth, but one would be hard-pressed to find a Puerto Rican without a sister in New York or a son in Chicago, a cousin in Orlando or a daughter in Honolulu or Oklahoma City.”
-- Luis A. FerreSource : "Luis A. Ferré Dies at 99; Pushed Puerto Rican Statehood" by Douglas Martin, www.nytimes.com. October 22, 2003.
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“Revolutionary in my ideas, liberal in my objectives and conservative in my methods.”
-- Luis A. FerreSource : "Luis A. Ferré Dies at 99; Pushed Puerto Rican Statehood" by Douglas Martin, www.nytimes.com. October 22, 2003.
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“My theory was that a city without a newspaper is a city without a soul.”
-- Luis A. FerreSource : "Ex-Puerto Rican Governor Ferre Dies at 99" by Ian James, apnews.com. October 22, 2003.
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“I hope I will live to see a final meeting of the minds between Puerto Rico and statehood, but [even] if I don't live that long, I am certain it will happen.”
-- Luis A. FerreSource : "Ex-Puerto Rican Governor Ferre Dies at 99" by Ian James, apnews.com. October 22, 2003.
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Source : Quoted in James Charlton, The Military Quotation Book (1990)
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“With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.”
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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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