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Latinos are Republican. They just don't know it yet. -- Ronald Reagan
Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina. -- Raquel Welch
I think I'm representing a new generation of Latinos - bilingual, bicultural people. -- Genesis Rodriguez
There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too. -- Benicio Del Toro
The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for. -- Cristina Saralegui
Immigration is not the top issue for Latinos. Latinos are like every other American - economy, jobs, healthcare, education. -- Eva Longoria
It's a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another minority. -- George Lopez
Acting is how I'll be able to change how Latinos are viewed in media and change how little girls see and talk about themselves. -- Gina Rodriguez
Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America. -- Daddy Yankee
Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. -- Salma Hayek
In votes cast, Latinos have increased to five million in the 1996 Presidential election, up from two million in the 1976 election. The number of Hispanic elected officials has not risen so fast. -- Bill Dedman
I admire them for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way and the roles and opportunities just seem to be improving. -- Roselyn Sanchez
Latinos come from different countries, and they tend to segregate with only their country instead of embracing all the other countries, because in reality, all the Latinos are going through the same experiences of discrimination and racism. -- Andrea Navedo
Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups. If you don't have a high level of training or education you're going to fall into that category. -- Hilda Solis
Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago. -- Joe Baca
As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to play some kind of ethnic stereotype or something that was typed specifically for a person of color. -- Daniel Sunjata
I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer. -- Jimmy Smits
It's hard to pin down what it means to be an evangelical today. It's been diluted quite a bit. It is a powerful voting bloc, no question, but they're liberal as well as conservative - and they're made of Latinos, blacks, whites. -- Franklin Graham
Latinos are concerned about the same pocketbook issues that matter to most middle class Americans - creating good-paying jobs in this country, making sure our children get a quality education, and ensuring that our families have access to affordable and quality healthcare. -- Linda Sanchez
I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is so important to offer a helping hand to the next generation of young Latinos coming up behind me. -- Jimmy Smits
Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing with comedy is that most of the time, you could be orange. It doesn't matter, as long you're funny. -- Sandra Bullock
Coming from Morocco was just different, man. It's a third-world country, and you are trying to make it happen. That's all it is. I didn't have any problem hooking up with the black kids because I'm from North Africa. And as far as Latinos, we are all the same. -- French Montana
You go to Los Angeles or New York or Miami or Chicago, and you see Latinos everywhere; they are involved in every part of American society. That's why they have to start being represented in Hollywood, because an 'Americano' can't walk down the street and not see a Latino. -- Thalia
Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country. -- Ana Ortiz
Rich people bring a lawyer. Latinos and blacks bring their mom. -- Felipe Esparza
Latinos care about education, yes, so we need reform, not just money. -- Susana Martinez
Gun-related violence and murders are concentrated among blacks and Latinos in big cities. -- Juan Williams
An animal has to suffer for us old-school Latinos to get what we want. -- George Lopez
Latinos are disproportionately more likely to be injured on the job than other ethnic groups. -- Grace Napolitano
Latinos are just like everybody else. There are conservatives. There are moderates. There are liberals. -- Geraldo Rivera
If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed. -- Karl Rove
We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom. -- Manu Ginobili
Latinos don't go out and support their own films, but at the same time, it's not their responsibility. -- Gina Rodriguez
Republicans will need to work hard to capture the Latino vote instead of their current strategy of capturing Latinos. -- Stephen Colbert
So many people complain that there aren't enough Latinos on television, and yet when they are, they need support. -- Eva Longoria
Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism, is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans. -- Niger Innis
In America, sometimes people think all Latinos can be deported, and we can't. You know, I can't be deported. -- Gloria Calderon Kellett
Im so sick of people treating Latinos like some homogenous group that all feel the same way about everything. -- Al Madrigal
The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment -- Ednita Nazario
If you look at sentencing in America, African-Americans and Latinos get sentenced for the same crimes at very different rates. -- Tim Kaine
I'm going to help the African-Americans. I'm going to help the Latinos, Hispanics. I am going to help the inner cities. -- Donald Trump
It's possible this whole "Why do Latinos love Morrisey?" question will haunt us forever. Fortunately, Canadian academics are on the case. -- Chuck Klosterman
It's a privilege to work as an anchor for Univision, but more important, I am amazed by how Latinos are transforming America. -- Jorge Ramos
I know I'm representing the Library of Congress, all the people of the United States and, of course, the Latinos and Latinas as well. -- Juan Felipe Herrera
There are clear patterns of discrimination against Blacks and Latinos. The big banks targeted Blacks and Latinos with toxic packages of subprime predatory lending. -- Jesse Jackson
I want our young Latinos and Latinas to write their hearts out and express their hearts out and let us all listen to each other. -- Juan Felipe Herrera
I'm not trying to represent the whole Latino community. There are too many different cultures, and Latinos will always say, 'My family doesn't do that.' -- Cristela Alonzo
I've specifically decided to say no to projects that weren't advancing Latinos, that weren't showing us in a positive light, roles that were gratuitous and spreading untruths. -- Gina Rodriguez
Now look at the crowd. We've got everybody here tonight: Black, white, Asian, Latinosâ??and guess what? President Obama says we can all stay! God Bless America! -- Pitbull
I do great with Latino voters. I employee so many Latinos, I have so many people working for me, the Latinos love Trump, and I Iove them. -- Donald Trump
I'm passionate about mobilizing young Latinos to get to the polls, so I'm involved with Voto Latino. Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country. -- Ana Ortiz
Limbo has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America. -- Daddy Yankee
Poor is the new black. So on this film [The Land], there are poor black people, but there are also poor Latinos, and poor white people as well. -- Steven Caple Jr.
A lot of our so-called Latino leaders are gutless. I talk to these cry-baby Latino leaders, and they say they can't win elections until Latinos are a majority. -- Juan Vargas
We don't have enough Latinos on TV just getting cast in supporting roles; the idea of having your own show named after you seemed like such a long shot. -- Cristela Alonzo
The problem with that is there are very few Latinos, Blacks and women who will have the same experiences as a white 25 year old male who went to Stanford. -- Kathryn Finney
It will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, African Americans, Latinos, and women, who powered our victory in 2008, stand together once again. -- Barack Obama
It's passing strange that Obama, carried to a second term by women, blacks and Latinos, chooses to give away the plumiest Cabinet and White House jobs to white dudes. -- Maureen Dowd
Rent-to-own provides a vital service to millions of Americans. It is also critical for African-Americans, Latinos and other minorities to have access to alternative products and services, such as rent-to-own. -- William Lacy Clay, Jr.
I hope to be making television shows and films, and creating content that captivates Latinos. I try not to think about it too much, though. I'm more focused in the present. -- Jon Huertas
The Tea Party is protecting its millionaire and oil company friends while gutting critical services that they know protect the livelihood of African-Americans, as well as Latinos and other disadvantaged minorities, -- Andre Carson
All Hillary Clinton's done is talk to the African-Americans and to the Latinos, but they get the vote, and then they come back, they say, we'll see you in four years. -- Donald Trump
Tech is not looking for inclusion per se, but they're looking for assimilation. They're looking for Blacks and Latinos and women, but they are looking for these groups as versions of themselves. -- Kathryn Finney
Hillary Clinton is under fire from Latinos, specifically online. This comes from a recent blog post by Clinton's campaign that was meant to reach out to Latinos. Instead, it offended many people. -- Ari Shapiro
I admire them [latinos] for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way and the roles and opportunities just seem to be improving. -- Roselyn Sanchez
In the end of the film there is hope, ... There's beauty in ugliness. It's really important for us Latinos to acknowledge each other and not deny the reality, because our reality is fascinating. -- Jonathan Jakubowicz
Making a movie about one group of people isolates the larger majority. That's what I require of the projects that I'm involved with. I would not ever make a movie strictly for Latinos. -- George Lopez
Immigration is an issue of global significance in America. And if you look at the terrorist alerts and attacks, Latinos [as a group] are not in the top five list [for] terror alerts. -- George Lopez
As Latinos, we are so aware of what people go through in order to come to America. It's very interesting to do research on something that's been culturally a part of your existence. -- Wilmer Valderrama
We have a pride of who we are as Latinos, regardless if we're Puerto Rican, Dominican, Venezuelan, and we're very proud of our customs and our history and our traditions and who we are. -- Juan Luis Guerra
When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos - no matter what the parent's income or education level. -- Karen Lewis
When well-qualified, upper middle-class blacks or Latinos or Asians move to predominantly white neighborhoods, there's what's called the tipping point. That tipping point is generally 15 percent; at 15 percent you begin to see white flight. -- Richard Benjamin
According to today's Los Angeles Times, Gray Davis now gets negative job ratings from white people, black people, Latinos, Republicans, Independents and even Democrats. Say what you want about the guy but he's a uniter! -- Jay Leno
The people who can be helping to make movies that have blacks and Latinos and women and all that - that movie doesn't come to you. Because the idea is that there's no place for black movies. -- Whoopi Goldberg
Our inner cities are a disaster. You get shot walking to the store. They have no education. They have no jobs. I will do more for African-Americans and Latinos than Hillary Clinton can ever do in 10 lifetimes. -- Donald Trump
As Latinos, you want [people] to come to America - not necessarily Latinos, but [anyone who wants] to come here for a better life. That's kind of how this country was founded and the history of this country. -- George Lopez
Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing. -- Bob Menendez
People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York. She doesn't have an accent. Some of these Latin people - their Spanish is pathetic. They learned it when they became famous as Latinos. -- Salma Hayek
As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that. -- Julian Castro
I worry these days that Latinos in California speak neither Spanish nor English very well. They are in a kind of linguistic limbo between the two. They don't really have a language, and are, in some deep sense, homeless. -- Richard Rodriguez
When I began to travel around the country, I would notice in places like Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix and even Texas that Latinos didn't want to speak Spanish. You would ask a question, only to be answered in English. -- Raul de Molina
an the president bring out the voters who were so enthusiastic about him in 2008 and seem a little disenchanted now? Can he bring out young people? Can he bring out Latinos? Can he bring out those white suburban moms? -- Anna Quindlen
I think that that's why Bernie's [Sanders] message is resonating the way that it does with everyone, including Latinos, is because, you know, look, they're worried about whether or not they can feed their families and take care of themselves. -- Lucy Flores
I want to do things that haven't been done, including fixing and making our inner cities better for the African-American citizens that are so great, and for the Latinos, Hispanics, and I look forward to doing it. It's called make America great again. -- Donald Trump
I think there are a lot of opportunities in the Americas that matter deeply to 45 million Latinos in this country, and I would hope to be able to work to maybe elevate the profile of the Americas in our discussion about American global leadership. -- Tim Kaine
Latinos outnumber Black people now. I'm not too happy about it. Because it's only a matter of time before we lose our month. Soon as they figure it out, they're going to have Latino History Month. All we're going to have is Cinco de Negro. -- Alonzo Bodden
Without hesitation, each time, my answer was our standing with Hispanics and Latinos. We must do a better job of reaching out to these communities and demonstrate to them that our party is aligned with the aspirations Hispanics have for their families and for America. -- Kevin Madden
Don`t take it out on the Muslims. Don`t take it out on Latinos. Try to help us work together to create a country where your kids and you can have a decent standard of living. It has to be a bold and radical agenda. -- Bernie Sanders
Now Mitt is not a perfect candidate. He has a number of problems. It's hard for him, for blue collar families like mine to identify with him. It's hard for economic conservatives to identify with him. He needs to do more to reach out to Latinos... -- George Pataki
We [Latinos] must be proud. We have the same rights in the U.S. as anybody else. Instead of crying and getting upset about visa problems and having our families come join us, go fight for your rights. Make yourself a productive individual in the society. -- Patricia Velasquez
For me becoming a filmmaker was about taking back my voice - crafting stories that would move away from the problematic narratives that the studio system would put out about Latinos. I think this is why people like my films. They're refreshing. They feel more real. -- Aurora Guerrero
Tom Perez is really bringing in the labor aspect of the Democratic Party, a group of voters that need to get back, also Latinos. You know, he is the first Latino DNC chair in the history of Democratic Party, a growing demographic that really over performed last time. -- Ruben Gallego
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The way Americans most understand the history of Latinos in this country, a lot of it is being told now through the lens of what's happening with the immigration debate. While that's an important debate that has security and moral implications, in my view, there's also a huge history of Latinos in the United States that's never been told. -- Ken Salazar
The Republicans are not anti-Latinos. You know, I tell the story all the time that the Tea Party is the one that has actually brought out the Latinos. Look at Idaho. I actually ran against a person in my primary who was born and raised in Idaho who happened to be Caucasian, and they elected the guy who was from Puerto Rico with an accent. -- Raul Labrador
I love blacks and gays and latinos, as long as they don't live next door. -- Mojo Nixon

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