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" If you lose, you can't lead. If you don't lead, you're irrelevant. Winning is what it's all about in politics. "
Lionel Sosa
Lose
Lead
Politics
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" Remember that our Spanish conquerors, for their own benefit, deliberately created an oppressed underclass whose collective psyche became rooted in passivity and underachievement. "
Lionel Sosa
Oppressed
Collective
Own
" Latinos have enough voting power now to decide elections, and every smart politician knows this.We can't afford to give our vote to those who alienate us, but neither to those who take us for granted. "
Lionel Sosa
Enough
Voting
Power
" I believe that we are missing a great opportunity. We as Republicans are not really emphasizing what brings us together, and that's conservative values: love of the country. Love of family. Personal responsibility. Hard work. Optimism. Those are the things that we should be communicating to Latinos, and we're doing that very poorly. "
Lionel Sosa
Family
Work
Love
" I've been a Republican since age 13, when we got our first television set, and I saw the Republican National Convention on television. And President Eisenhower was talking about personal responsibility, about opening the door for opportunity and that people could really take care of themselves without a lot of government intrusions. "
Lionel Sosa
Age
Opportunity
People
" I'm able to utilize a lifetime of learning to help teach young people how to apply sound marketing strategy and principles for the purpose of growing the client's business. And for me, that's just too much fun. "
Lionel Sosa
Purpose
Business
Fun
" I've been a Republican all my life because I embrace the conservative values of hard work, personal freedom, less government and fewer taxes. But I also believe in compassion, inclusion, and helping those who want to help themselves. "
Lionel Sosa
Hard Work
Life
Freedom
" When you're a Republican Latino, you're traveling uphill on a lonely road. Still, it's the road I prefer. It has led me to opportunity far beyond my dreams. I've worked on eight Republican presidential races, as well as for some of the world's largest corporations, all because the doors of opportunity, not the doors of welfare, were open to me. "
Lionel Sosa
Me
Dreams
Opportunity
" The Republicans are, 'the party of the rich,' my mom said, 'We're poor, so we're Democrats.' That convinced me. I had no wish to remain poor, so I became a Republican at the age of 12. "
Lionel Sosa
Age
Rich
Republican
" The Latino vote has to be earned just like any other. "
Lionel Sosa
Latino
Just
Earned
" Anger does not solve problems - anger only makes things worse. I go by the old saying, 'Don't make important decisions when you're angry.' "
Lionel Sosa
Decisions
Anger
Angry
" We talk about what's important to Hispanics: education, family, creating an environment in which you can achieve what you want to achieve because there aren't going to be obstacles in your way. "
Lionel Sosa
Family
Education
Obstacles
" Immigrants have always come into the country with low levels of education. Whether it's the Irish or Italian or Polish, here is the land of opportunity. It's where people come in at the bottom and build themselves up. To try to bring in people who have already made it is un-American. "
Lionel Sosa
Country
People
Opportunity
" I don't think that the Democrats are doing anything right. They certainly haven't delivered on the promise of creating more jobs for Latinos. They have not delivered on the promise of bringing immigration reform up to the forefront. They had a sitting president; they had both houses of Congress. They could have done something, but they did nothing. "
Lionel Sosa
Immigration
Think
Sitting
" Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed. "
Lionel Sosa
Proud
Succeed
Culture
" When I started Sosa & Associates, there were only 3 million Latinos in the U.S. and only four Hispanic-specialized marketing agencies.I had one little goal for our small San Antonio-based agency: to be the largest Hispanic-specialized agency in the United States. We planned for our success and achieved our goal. "
Lionel Sosa
Marketing
Success
Small
" Mexico is so close to us. No matter how long we stay here, we identify as Americans first, but we also have a place for our mother country. That is very visible in San Antonio. "
Lionel Sosa
Matter
Mother
Country
" My guess is the great majority of teachers would welcome a system where innovation is embraced, where their hard work and their students' achievement are applauded and rewarded. "
Lionel Sosa
Achievement
Work
Innovation
" When I say that Latinos share conservative values, when Ronald Reagan said that, we mean the love of family, the love of country, a commitment to personal responsibility, to hard work. "
Lionel Sosa
Love
Values
Work
" I can't imagine what this great country would be like if the Mexican Revolution hadn't happened. "
Lionel Sosa
Great
Mexican
Country