Determination Quote by Dick Thornburgh

Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto…

— Dick Thornburgh

Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution…

— Dick Thornburgh

Self government is no less essential to the development, growth, and happiness of the individual than to the nation.

— William H. Douglas

Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation.

— Pedro Pierluisi

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

— George W. Bush

The cause of self-determination in Catalonia is no different to other citizen causes that fight for a fairer, more democratic future, as we've seen…

— Jordi Cuixart

People born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens - except for the teeny, tiny, mind-boggling fact that if you live in Puerto Rico, you…

— W. Kamau Bell

Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.

— Herbert Hoover

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

— Jalal Talabani

Puerto Rico's participation per capita in the armed forces is more than most states, yet they can't vote for their commander in chief.

— Ricardo Rossello

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

— John F. Kennedy

We wish to be citizens of the United States or citizens of Puerto Rico. In either case, with all the inherent rights of a…

— Anonymous