Political Quotes

“Secondly, Mr. President, I commend President Carter for his work this week. I have been so impressed with the efforts that President Carter has made in Cuba during the past 4 or 5 days. I think he has spoken for many of us in this country during his visit to Cuba. While in Cuba, President Carter addressed the Cuban people on national radio and television--a unique opportunity in a country that is a totalitarian regime where democracy has had no expression now for more than four decades. In having been granted permission to address the Cuban people, President Carter was given a right that no Cuban other than the President of the country, and those who agree with him, has been given--the opportunity to speak freely about democratic values, values that we embrace as a people and the 11 million people of Cuba embrace as well. In his address, President Carter urged the government of Cuba to allow democracy to be restored, and asked that pro-democracy petitions be allowed to be collected, and respected. He simultaneously called for the U.S. government to allow free travel to Cuba and stated his belief that our government should begin to lift our embargo.”