Dann / Then Empfangen / Received Konkurrieren / Compete Kuba / Cuba Land / Country Regierung / Government Unterstützung / Support Vertreten / Represent Wettbewerb / Competition
Very hard, very hard to represent a country, or carry out a policy that does not have consensus support.
My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society, to carry my flag in whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games.
When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
The anti-big-government movement is pure. Its participants represent something close to what used to be considered normative in this country.
Our objectives are clear. Let's keep the government open and protect our constituents.
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer.
I didn't want to represent any negative side of the country where I was born and raised.
