American Quote by Noam Chomsky

Imperialism is the factor in American policy, not just since 1898, but in fact long before it when we were expanding across this continent…

— Howard Zinn

The 1898 annexation of the Hawaiian Islands merely formally recognized what had long been American domination.

— Margaret MacMillan

“In a ravenous fifty-five-day spasm during the summer of 1898, the United States asserted control over five far-flung lands with a total of 11…

— Stephen Kinzer

“The actions of both sides made it easier for that American wrath to be warranted as retribution of the aggrieved. The early months saw…

— Keith Bolender

I think it's just been a core part of the Cuban revolution to have a very high level of internationalism. I mean, these cases…

— Noam Chomsky

Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the…

— Barack Obama

After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, and…

— Pedro Pierluisi

Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.

— Gerald Horne

In January 1961, the United States severed diplomatic relations in response to Cuban nationalisation of U.S.-owned sugar plantations, banks and businesses.

— Tariq Ali

For more than fifty years, the United States pursued a policy of isolating and pressuring Cuba. While the policy was rooted in the context…

— Ben Rhodes

Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].

— Alejandro Castro Espin

Exercising dominion over Puerto Rico, as the U.S. has done for more than a century - without granting Puerto Ricans the full franchise in…

— Ritchie Torres