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Revolution is a complete change, an overturning of dead soil, a new way of life, with new government, new laws.

— Juan González The Vote or the Gun (1970)

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Fidel Castro had trust in the people and their power, when united and organized, to change Cuba.

That's what imperialism is all about when one country controls the economic life of another country.

The Young Lords Party" speech (1971)

Inside the U.S., we see ourselves allied with all Third World people, poor white and working class people.

The Young Lords Party" speech (1971)

Freedom is taken, not given. That is why we organize.

The Vote or the Gun (1970)

Until Puerto Rico is decolonized, American democracy will not be complete.

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America (2000)

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Ill can he rule the great, that cannot reach the small.

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

James Madison

Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

Leon Trotsky The Revolution Betrayed (1936)

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

John Adams

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