"I believe with all my heart that the President made the right decision."
"You have done a great thing for the hemisphere."
"The responsibility lies with the Cuban Government. Period."
"There have been too many excuses made for Cuba in the hemisphere over too many years."
"We have no illusions about the current leadership's desire to keep things just as they are."
"I totally agree with you, Senator Rubio, when you say that no country ever became a democracy simply because of trade or tourists."
"Every country knows now that the United States is not the obstacle to Cuba's integration or prosperity."
"I trust we all agree that the most immediate result of this new policy, the release of 53 activists... is a good thing."
"The state can now respond in one of two ways."
"Absolutely, with the strong caveat that we have no illusions about this."
"This kind of interaction encourages the development of a black market in which people, most important, in addition to enriching themselves, become more independent and less dependent on the state."