Difficult Quote by Ricky Rossello

Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States. Many people have no idea…

— Sonia Sotomayor

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

We are a possession of the United States. Congress has full authorization power over Puerto Rico.

— Ricardo Rossello

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

— Sonia Sotomayor

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

Puerto Rico is complicated. The people are complicated. The history is complicated. The story of the United States' relationship to Puerto Rico is complicated.

— W. Kamau Bell

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

— Ricardo Rossello

Commonwealth is the only alternative for Puerto Rico. It is the only alternative that harmonizes the aspirations and goals of the modern world by…

— Anibal Acevedo Vila

Puerto Rico is a powerful island.

— Fat Joe

Puerto Rico's participation per capita in the armed forces is more than most states, yet they can't vote for their commander in chief.

— Ricardo Rossello

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