Jorge Ramos Quotes

Jorge Ramos

Profession : Journalist

Birth : March 16, 1958

When it comes to racism, discrimination, corruption, public lies, dictatorships, and human rights, you have to take a stand as a reporter because I think our responsibility as journalist is to confront those who are abusing power.

Jorge Ramos

I think as journalists, we have to keep our distance from power.

Jorge Ramos

The future of TV is not on TV. It's on the smaller screens we are all using in front of the television set.

Jorge Ramos

The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression.

Jorge Ramos

Immigration is the issue that tells us who is with us and who is against us; there's no question about it. And it's very simple to understand why - half of all Latinos over 18 years of age were born outside the United States. It really makes no sense to attack them and criticize them if you want their vote.

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What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality.

Jorge Ramos

The most important responsibility we have as journalists is to question those who are in power. I honestly believe that.

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Hate is contagious. A few seconds after Donald Trump has told me something hateful, somebody else repeats it. He has legitimized what people only dare say in their kitchens and bedrooms.

Jorge Ramos

You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.

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I'm not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I'm not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It's like a club. We are not asking the tough questions.

Jorge Ramos

I will go to a nice restaurant in Miami, and no one sitting at the tables will notice me or even know who I am. Then everyone in the kitchen comes out and wants to take a picture.

Jorge Ramos

We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during the campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over.

Jorge Ramos

Sometimes you have to ask the question as if it's going to be your last question - as if it's going to be the last time you talk to that person.

Jorge Ramos

I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.

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As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say.

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When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.

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You have to go through a mental and emotional process to recognize who you really are. I finally recognized that I cannot be defined by one country.

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Mexico will never accept U.S. military intervention. Mexicans always remember 1848.

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My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.

Jorge Ramos

We need not only one Cesar Chavez; we need a thousand Cesar Chavezes.

Jorge Ramos