“If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.Quote by Dick ThornburghTopics: Quotes about Dick ThornburghShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have...#Dick Thornburgh
Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed...#Dick Thornburgh
The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive...#Dick Thornburgh
After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved...#Dick Thornburgh
The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent...#Dick Thornburgh
As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand...#Dick Thornburgh
If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will...#Dick Thornburgh
Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is...#Dick Thornburgh
Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents...#Dick Thornburgh
