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Political liberty-under any political status-is in itself only one of the many expressions of human liberty.
A Good Civilization (1960)
Our society, in its endeavor to improve spiritually, to enlighten its understanding, to understand itself better, must restore to the teacher his legitimate position.
A Good Civilization (1960)
If you want to sell your vote, go ahead; it's a free country. But be sure you get something for it... You can't get both justice and the two dollars.
The nationalists have no political power. They have no votes and they hate votes. Votes to them are as repugnant as holy water to the devil.
On Recent Disturbances in Puerto Rico (1950)
This crime confirms my conviction of the connection of these mad, grotesque, and futile nationalist violence-makers in Puerto Rico with communistic propaganda strategy all over the world.
On Recent Disturbances in Puerto Rico (1950)
The history of Puerto Rico in the past decades has been that of two drives seeking to merge into one: the drive to abolish poverty and the drive of the people toward the ideal image of themselves.
A Good Civilization (1960)
a good civilization, our true final goal.
A Good Civilization (1960)
A government is not an end in itself. It is a means for the appropriate organization of a political community. Neither is a political status for the same reason-an end in itself.
A Good Civilization (1960)
let us dedicate this new decade to the grand enterprise of a great education for Puerto Rico.
A Good Civilization (1960)
The objective is, I repeat, a good civilization based on the abolition of poverty. A political status that puts obstacles in the path of that ideal cannot be, so long as it creates obstacles, the status that gives real freedom to the people of Puerto Rico.
A Good Civilization (1960)
The public philosophy of our people should be much more than their political status; much more than their technology and their economy. It is or should be the deepest expression of their unity and their soul.
A Good Civilization (1960)
Progress in technology is necessary for the economic development of our country in the direction of higher and higher levels that will benefit all Puerto Ricans. But to find relief for the human suffering temporarily caused by this very progress is a necessary duty.
A Good Civilization (1960)