"The historical problem of the United States is……" — Carlos Fuentes

"The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation."

— Carlos Fuentes

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72 Quotes by Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes has 72 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.
In literature, you know only what you imagine
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity.
Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.
There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search…
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal.
By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last…
What America does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is to understand others.
You, yesterday, did the usual things, just as any day, You don't know if it's worth remembering. You would prefer…
In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first…
Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going…

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to… — Dave Barry
I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do… — Glenn Beck
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took… — Kate Beckinsale
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better… — Erma Bombeck
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United… — Bono
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone

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