Puerto Rico Quotes
Voices connected to the island.
This page collects quotes that mention Puerto Rico, from personal heritage and career stories to concerns over public accountability on the island. Some connect to our broader American quotes collection.
I had been successful in Japan, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, but nothing in the U.S. where it really matters.
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Expenditures have gone rampant in Puerto Rico: lack of accountability - total lack of accountability.
Accountability Quotes
In the '90s, I think that Bill Clinton would have won in Puerto Rico. I think in the 2000s, George Bush would have won in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico loses out on billions of dollars annually because it is treated unequally under a range of federal programs, including tax credits available to millions of households in the States that do not pay federal income taxes.
I am second-generation American, and my grandparents are from Puerto Rico.
In Puerto Rico, there has developed a culture of taking out loans and not paying them back. That has ended.
It is unbelievable that the federal court itself ignores that rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution apply in Puerto Rico.
Always Quotes
However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law.
My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.
Am Quotes
The common goals of Puerto Rico and the United States have always been for the benefit of both.
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