Quotes by Marisleysis Gonzalez

“First of all hes never asked to be with his father, and second of all as a 6-year-old that would want to be with his father would cry by the night, would have nightmares, would ask for his father. To this point he hasnt. ... as hes done ever since the day he met me and asked me to stay with him that night in the hospital, I asked him, do you want to go back with your father, and his words were no.”

“We beg you now as a mother, to be the first lady that truly crosses all ethnic barriers and speaks out for the children. Please, please help.”

“I would like his father to come and pick him up. Because I know hes safe and I know that I put him in good hands. I will not give this little boy to anybody.”

“I hope the laws of this country favor him and give him the opportunity to seek asylum. I love him and am looking forward to seeing him once more.”

“I can be sure hes not speaking from his heart. If he could speak freely, he would ask that Elian stay here.”

“I thought this was a country of freedom. Now theyve really done the harm ... they have really psychologically (hurt Elian).”

“Dont bring marshals to this house, where all that we have done is show love. All I ask for is that if his father is going to come to this country, dont put him in Washington, dont put him in New York.”

“That picture that they showed with the father, that is not Elian. That hair is not Elians.”