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20 quotes by Dick Thornburgh

Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh (born July 16, 1932) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991.
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If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal... →

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That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option... →

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The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former... →

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Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

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However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are... →

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It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national... →

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Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island... →

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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... →

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In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road... →

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Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.

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The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my... →

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Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some... →

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After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route to... →

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