Luis Fortuno famous quotes

Education is extremely important to the Hispanic community, as well as faith, and certainly working hard.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Work #Community #Important

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Children #Parent #Want

I resent Washington telling states, or the residents of those states, what to do and what to think.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Thinking #States #Residents

I am making sure, as the governor of a territory, that our kids speak fluent English. But having said that, I will tell my wife I love her in Spanish, and I will pray in Spanish, and no one from Washington should come down here and tell us how to go about it.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Kids #Wife #Territory

I came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Party #College #Students

I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Country #Principles #Spending

Some people called me a fascist. That's mostly over, but there will be more attacks from the unions.
-- Luis Fortuno

#People #Unions #Fascists

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Office #Littles #Right Thing

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Government #People #Shining

It is wrong to believe that Hispanics are Democrats. Hispanics are traditionally and historically conservative, not just socially conservative, but fiscally conservative.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Believe #Conservative #Democrat

The GOP can't even envision winning the White House if we lose a significant percentage of the Hispanic vote.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Winning #White #House

I think there is a lot of fat in the government.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Thinking #Government #Fats

We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Jobs #Eye #Technology

I supported the stimulus package.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Stimulus

In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Numbers #People #Doing You

Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Issues #Republican #Hispanic

I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Office

Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Children #Successful #Opportunity

I am impressed by the progress the RNC has made in the last year to engage Latino communities across the country. I look forward to continue working alongside Chairman Priebus and Co-Chair Day to ensure that the party's year-round engagement effort continues to grow and reach new Latino neighborhoods.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Country #Party #Opportunity

Hardworking Americans are fighting every day to provide for themselves and their families, and leave a more prosperous country for the next generation.
-- Luis Fortuno

#Country #Fighting #Generations