Conditions are ripe for triumph, we will win and we will wield great power here.Quote by Daniel Ortega about victory, power
During the meeting with President Carter, we proposed the development of a new kind of relationship with the United States.Quote by Daniel Ortega about politics, evolution, meetings
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.Quote by Daniel Ortega about war, army, union
The fact is that the United States is behind what has happened in Nicaragua, and what they did was to promote a confrontation between Nicaraguans.Quote by Daniel Ortega about nation
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,...Quote by Daniel Ortega about fight, suffering, country, people
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.Quote by Daniel Ortega about justice, democracy
Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country.Quote by Daniel Ortega about politics, country