"Influential, independent men have made a difference in our society. Men such as musician Morel Campos; intellectuals …"

"The founders of our republic in 1868 held that our nation and its people would be sovereign-never belonging to anothe…"

"We stand today, docile and defenseless, because, since 1868, our political and economic power has been systematically…"

"The United States controls our economy, our commerce. Puerto Rico must determine a price for its products that is acc…"

"Already United States government agencies, under the guise of Christian virtue and goodwill, are simply controlling o…"

"This is why I am dismayed by the effort among our own people to defeat the spirit of those who struggle for our liber…"

"it stands to reason-it stands to common sense-that we must be a free nation in order to survive as a people. The futu…"

"It is not easy to give a speech when we have our mother lying in bed and an assassin waiting to take her life. Such i…"

"sovereignty is irrevocable, and when the United States, through its cannons, forced the Spanish plenipotentiaries to …"

"...Within international rights Puerto Rico was a sovereign nation on the date in which the Treaty of Paris was drawn …"