02/21/2004
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Today's initiative invites the Cuban Government to trust and respect Cuban citizens."
"The voices of the Cuban people have been suppressed, and their votes have been meaningless."
"I know what trade means with a tyrant. It means that we will underwrite tyranny, and we cannot let that happen."
"Without political reform, without economic reform, trade with Cuba will merely enrich Fidel Castro and his cronies."