Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business man

If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy is the theory that x X y is less than y

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good

We have overcomplicated the issue, ... The United States has been attacked on its territory with thousands of casualties. All the United States is saying it cannot tolerate weapons of mass destruction in that region.

We have companies that wouldn't be doing business at all if they had to develop in the United States, ... They're in business because of what we can provide.

Multinationals are much more likely to have business interests in the United States, ... Even if what they might contemplate doing in Cuba does not fall foul of the Helms-Burton law, nevertheless, they are very sensitive to public opinion.