Cuba Quote by Erich Leinsdorf

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

— Alberto Juantorena

Just before I left [Cuba], I was about to transfer to the university. I had decided I had had enough experience in work in…

— Huey Newton

I didn't come over here from Cuba to sit back and not work.

— Luis Ortiz

My mother made the courageous decision to flee a tyrannized Cuba in the 1950s and bring her children to the United States, where I…

— Bob Menendez

My eyes were bad. I stuttered. I had hepatitis, double pneumonia, even anemia. When I was 7, my family took me on a trip…

— Walter Mercado

Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me.

— Brit Marling

When I was back in Cuba, who could have imagined I would be invited to the White House!

— William Levy

My story is the American dream that my parents fled Cuba for.

— Perez Hilton

My parents brought my sister and me to the United States to escape the communist takeover of Cuba. They sought to build their life…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

— Rafael Palmeiro

My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it.

— Ted Cruz

My job was to bring down the government, and I did that.

— Subramanian Swamy