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Luis A. Ferré
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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. Ferré (1904–2003) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1971 National Governors Association Annual Meeting NGA
“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. Ferré (1904–2003) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by TIME Magazine on May 11, 1962 Time Magazine
“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. Ferré (1904–2003) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the subject of the Puerto Rican diaspora to a United States Senate committee in 1998, as quoted by the New York Times.
“The scholars and critics all called it kitsch, everyone thought I was crazy to buy them.”
Luis A. Ferré (1904–2003) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in a Forbes magazine interview in 1993, on his acquisition of art pieces to create the Ponce Museum of Art, now the largest art museum in the Caribbean, and considered one of the best in the Americas.
“Revolutionary in my ideas, liberal in my objectives and conservative in my methods.”
Luis A. Ferré (1904–2003) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by the New York Times in an October 22, 2003 obituary.
“The most important things in my life have been being governor of Puerto Rico and eliminating the old tradition that was established by [former Gov. Luis] Muñoz himself of being a boss. He was the boss of the government and there was no opposition in Puerto Rico. That was the thing I broke to make Puerto Rico a two-party system, a truly democratic society.”
Luis A. Ferré (1904–2003) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Caribbean Business interview, 1999.
“My theory was that a city without a newspaper is a city without a soul.”
Luis A. Ferré (1904–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We speak Spanish but we think American. We don't want to be a colony, we don't want to be inferior. We want to be equal.”
Luis A. Ferré (1904–2003) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Puerto Ricans and their relationship with the United States, in a 1999 WOSO radio station interview in Puerto Rico, as quoted by the Associated Press
“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. Ferré (1904–2003) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by the Associated Press after the 1998 status referendum in Puerto Rico.