Tomas Borge Quotes

Global political conditions make a direct American intervention difficult, but President Reagan's messianic and visceral attitude toward the Nicaraguan revolution could mean it will happen as an act of desperation.
Tomas Borge

Attitude, Political, Mean

I believe that absolute objectivity does not exist. American journalists, although they try to be objective, always lean one way or another. They repeat and repeat a particular type of information, which ultimately creates a distorted image of reality. Any small or insignificant incident that happens in Nicaragua is reported as a sensational act.
Tomas Borge

Reality, Small, Try

If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied.
Tomas Borge

Truth, Tell, American

Our pledge is to hold elections in the year 1985. The form of elections has not yet been determined, but there is a group of representatives of the political parties in Nicaragua who have been traveling around the world studying various electoral alternatives.
Tomas Borge

Political, Around, Year

The doctors who have examined me say I am healthy enough for a long life, so don't have any illusions that I'll soon leave this world.
Tomas Borge

Life, Long, Enough

They accuse me of having a hard hand, but people closest to me know that is not the nature of my heart.
Tomas Borge

Nature, Heart, Hard

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Biography

Nationality: Nicaraguan

Born: August 13, 1930

Died: April 30, 2012

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