Mexican Revolution Quotes

• The Mexican revolution was a break with the past to recover the past. We were trying to deny we had an Indian and a black and a Spanish past. The Mexican Revolution accepted all heritages. It allowed Mexico to be mestizo.

  Carlos Fuentes

  Past, Mexican, Black

  "Novelist Carlos Fuentes confronts mortality and his country's future". Interview with Anne-Marie O'Connor, articles.latimes.com. April 26, 2006.

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• The nationalism and the protectionism that was built into the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and that characterized the Mexican attitude to the United States for much of the 20th century were difficult to overcome. But that actually has occurred. And the cooperation, trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.

  Alan Bersin

  Attitude, Mexican, United States

  Source: www.salon.com

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• My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution.

  Mitt Romney

  Dad, Father, Mexican

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with trans fat. Before the Mexican Revolution, a hundred years ago, people were eating what now macrobiotics tells us to eat, corn, black beans, rice. That's what people were eating - and chile peppers. That's a healthy diet. And also they ate a lot of vegetables.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Vegetables, Years, People

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political treachery of the Mexican Revolution and its consequences so intimately that we feel hunger, lust, thirst, grief, and saddle sores, and admire anew the awesome durability and courage of the people of Mexico-- especially the women.

  James Alexander Thom

  Grief, People, Mexican

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• People like to blame Mexican food, but look at what's happening globally, look at all the fast foods and products filled with trans fat. Before the Mexican Revolution, a hundred years ago, people were eating what now macrobiotics tells us to eat, corn, black beans, rice. That's what people were eating - and chile peppers. That's a healthy diet.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Years, People, Mexican

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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