“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.”
Daniel Ortega
“He (Somoza, the elder in Nicaragua) may be an SOB but he's our SOB”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“You would just assume that Costa Rica would be 10 times more expensive than Nicaragua. In most instances, it is.”
Joel Nagel
“It'd be a good sign on the part of Nicaragua if they'd just volunteer,”
Saxby Chambliss
“Everybody agrees in Nicaragua that these are the most calm and gentlemanly campaigns they've ever seen, ... There is no evidence of animosity.”
Jimmy Carter
“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.”
“This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!”
Dan Quayle
