Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Nicaraguan activist Tomas Borge.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Tomás Borge Martínez, often spelled as Thomas Borge in United States newspapers) was a cofounder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua and was Interior Minister of Nicaragua during one of the administrations of Daniel Ortega. He was also a renowned statesman, writer, and politician. Tomás Borge also held the titles of "Vice-Secretary and President of the FSLN", member of the Nicaraguan Parliament and National Congress, and Ambassador to Peru. Considered a hardliner, he led the "prolonged people's war" tendency within the FSLN until his death.
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.
They accuse me of having a hard hand, but people closest to me know that is not the nature of my heart.
If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied.
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.
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.