My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.
Jorge RamosRead
The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the value of freedom of expression and press that one can experience in the United States compared to one's country of origin.
Jorge Ramos highlights the significant opportunities that the United States provides, particularly in terms of freedom of the press and expression. He contrasts this with the limitations imposed by his native country, suggesting that such freedoms are crucial for individual growth and societal progress.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of free speech at a journalism conference.
My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.
I have been asking if I'm an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I'm just a journalist who asks questions.
Neutrality is for referees in a football game. You have to take a stand. The really, really good journalists always take a stand with those who have no power, with those who have no rights, and with those who have no voice.
The new rule in American politics is that no one can make it to the White House without the Hispanic vote.
Young Latinos have been telling me that they want to register to vote because of Donald Trump. Not because they want to vote for him but because they want to vote against him.
I go out on publicity tours for my books, and, you know, Latinos, they bring everybody in the family to everything, even little kids. So I always ask the kids, 'Who wants to be the first Latino President?' It used to be no hands went up, or maybe one or two. Now, with Obama, many of the little hands go up. It will happen in my lifetime.
I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
To the nameless and unsung heroes of our freedom struggle, we offer our humble tribute. Their life-blood nourishes the body of independent India.
I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.
Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutionalized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It's fragile; it needs production [protection].
Freedom can be killed by neglect as well as by direct attack.
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