Colonialism Quote by Ritchie Torres

I don't have a problem with a board that advises, that supervises, one with which we can have a discussion. But we will never…

— Eduardo Bhatia

The overwhelming majority of Puerto Rico is completely, completely alienated from the political structure. Colonialism is really, really strong and alive in Puerto Rico.…

— Oscar Lopez Rivera

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

Puerto Rico is a powerful island.

— Fat Joe

I am surprised at the number of Puerto Ricans that are moving out of Puerto Rico still. I thought that, by now, the immigration…

— Oscar Lopez Rivera

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

— Ricky 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 an island separated by an ocean, a language, a culture. All of that put it in a position where it's like,…

— Nelson Antonio Denis

The majority of the people of Puerto Rico support commonwealth.

— Anibal Acevedo Vila

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

— Sonia Sotomayor

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

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