Local Affairs Quotes by Dick Thornburgh

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• If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its…
• Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme…
• In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on…
• The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law…
• After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route…
• Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower…
• If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest…
• The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as…
• As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of…
• That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth…
• However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are…
• Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.

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