Baseball Quote by Luis Tiant

Baseball is a great example of the cultural ties between the United States and Cuba and a powerful reminder of the shared experience between…

— Ben Rhodes

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

— Bob Kerrey

I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to…

— Rafael Palmeiro

If Cuba wants normal relations, there's certain things they need to do like become a normal country that respects the rights of their citizens.

— Marco Rubio

A very large majority of the U.S. population is in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and has been for a long time…

— Noam Chomsky

I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought…

— Yoenis Cespedes

A lot of contemporary American culture makes its way to this county. Cuba is not some gray, isolated backwater. This is a happening place.

— Assata Shakur

As long as Fidel Castro is alive we [the American Government] will not normalize relations with Cuba. We don't want it, and he certainly…

— Mark Falcoff

Let's be honest: The trade embargo with Cuba hasn't secured our interests or helped the Cuban people. Because the way to promote positive change…

— Amy Klobuchar

I knew that if they didn't allow me to play anymore, I would leave Cuba immediately. I mean, what was I supposed to do?…

— Aroldis Chapman

For more than fifty years, our policy towards Cuba was not making life better for Cubans. In many ways, it was making it worse.

— Ben Rhodes

A number of years ago, people were saying normal relationship with Cuba, what a bad and silly idea. They're Communists, they are our enemy.…

— Bernie Sanders