"The capacity of the commonwealth government created under……" — Dick Thornburgh
"The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in the states of the union in regard to non-federal affairs at the local level."
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20 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…
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Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law…
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In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive…
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The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment…
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After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first…
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Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is…
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If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their…
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The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my…
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As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional…
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That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek…
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However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto…
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Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
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