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 …"

"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."

"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…"

"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."

"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…"

"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."