Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country.
More Quotes from Daniel Ortega:
My idol was Sandino, and also Christ. I was brought up a Christian, but I regarded Christ as a rebel, a revolutionary.Daniel Ortega
One has to bear in mind that during my childhood and adolescence, I suffered the repression of the Somoza dictatorship in every way economically, socially, as well as at the hands of the police -- because if we went out on the street to play baseball, for example, the police would come and beat us up and put us in prison.
Daniel Ortega
The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government, i.e. imperialism.
Daniel Ortega
Of course, the kind of support that Cuba could give us was very limited when it came to building up our army, since they didn't manufacture armaments in the quantities that we required. So we turned to Algeria and the Soviet Union for support.
Daniel Ortega
We grew up in a situation where we didn't know what freedom or justice were, and therefore we didn't know what democracy was.
Daniel Ortega
To be selected as one of the top 25 players in your age group in the nation says a lot.
Daniel Ortega
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Countries QuotesBased on Keywords: uprising
He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.
Macaulay Culkin
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Theories pass. The frog remains.
Jean Rostand