Luis A. Ferré

"The most important things in my life have been being governor of Puerto Rico and eliminating the old tradition that was established by Muñoz himself of being a boss. He was the boss of the government …"

"Not only are Puerto Ricans citizens by birth, but one would be hard-pressed to find a Puerto Rican without a sister in New York or a son in Chicago, a cousin in Orlando or a daughter in Honolulu or Ok…"

"The scholars and critics all called it kitsch, everyone thought I was crazy to buy them."

"We speak Spanish but we think American. We don't want to be a colony, we don't want to be inferior. We want to be equal."

"My theory was that a city without a newspaper is a city without a soul."

"I hope I will live to see a final meeting of the minds between Puerto Rico and statehood, but if I don't live that long, I am certain it will happen."

"Industry is not a collection of machines and tools and buildings. It is a social entity that has the responsibility of realizing the happiness of those who work in it."

"I am concerned that many young people in the Hemisphere seem to envision the United States as a nation intoxicated by power, addicted to warfare, controlled by a military-industrial complex, and deter…"