Skip to content
Shawords

Quote#Homeland

Cuba is not a new-born country, peopled by wood-cutting,…

Quote byFrederic Remington · 1861–1909

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: “Under Which King?” Collier’s Weekly, (April 8, 1899), as quoted in The Collected Writings of Frederic Remington, Peggy & Harold Samuels, Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company (1979) p. 361.

English (original)

Cuba is not a new-born country, peopled by wood-cutting, bear-righting, agricultural folks, who must be fresh and virtuous in order to exist. It is an old country, time worn, decayed, and debauched by thieving officials and fire and sword.

— Frederic Remington

More from Frederic Remington