Luis A. Ferre quotes

“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. Ferre

Source : 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. Ferre

Source : "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. Ferre

Source : "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. Ferre

Source : "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. Ferre

Source : "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. Ferre

Source : "Ex-Puerto Rican Governor Ferre Dies at 99" by Ian James, apnews.com. October 22, 2003.

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“I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.”

Source : Quoted in James Charlton, The Military Quotation Book (1990)

“I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.”

“With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.”

“There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.”

“When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.”

“In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“If manufacturers are so sure there is nothing wrong with genetically modified foods, pesticides and cloned meats, they should have no problems labeling them as such. After all, cancer will kill one in every two men and one in every three women now alive, reports Samuel Epstein, chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition. Like our ancestors, we act in ways that will bemuse future societies. The military-industrial complex lubricates the mass-agriculture system with fossil fuels. Tons of heavy metals and other hazardous, even radioactive, waste is sprayed on American agricultural soil.”

“Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.”

“The first law of sustainability: population growth and/or growth in the rate of consumption of resources cannot be sustained”

“Photography's future is infinite and bright. It's growing exponentially, so that's great, but for me as a practitioner, that exponential growth makes it even more problematic. And so for me, it's got me more engaged with storytelling.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com