After Quote by Pedro Pierluisi

If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs,…

— Dick Thornburgh

I think Puerto Rico becoming a state would fulfill the destiny of 3.5 million American citizens that live in Puerto Rico.

— Ricardo Rossello

Puerto Rico is not a full part of the United States. We're a territory or a colonial territory.

— Ricky Rossello

Yet, Puerto Ricos economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the…

— Dick Thornburgh

Since its inception, the American nation has had on its official seal the following motto: 'e pluribus unum,' which in Latin means, 'from the…

— Anibal Acevedo Vila

Even when we were under the Spanish flag, we had a movement that just wanted assimilation into Spain, a movement of autonomy - which…

— Anibal Acevedo Vila

The real problem with Puerto Rico is that it keeps losing its best and brightest. It keeps losing its leaders and its future leaders…

— Brock Pierce

I'd want Puerto Rico to become the 51st state of America.

— Ricky Rossello

Actually, I am asking for this: for something to be done. I think that if it had been one of the 50 states, something…

— Marco Rubio

Puerto Rico is a powerful island.

— Fat Joe

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by,…

— Dick Thornburgh

Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States.

— Sonia Sotomayor