Jose Mujica Quotes

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Jose Mujica

Profession : Statesman

Birth : May 20, 1935

There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.

Jose Mujica

There are those who believe that power is up above, and they don't notice that it's actually in the hearts of the great masses.

Jose Mujica

If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global politics should be moving in that direction. But we think as people and countries, not as a species.

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Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.

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The political climate during a campaign is not the best climate for reasonable debate.

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I don't know whether I like this planet or not. But I have to accept it.

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Any North American state is more important than Uruguay, in dimensions, in its economic force.

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I have the goal of getting together 30 or 40 poor kids and bringing them to live with me.

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If I worried about pollsters, I wouldn't be president.

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I am an austere president.

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We can't avoid that our daily and intimate manner of speaking is sometimes rough.

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I don't want to be an apologist for poverty, but I can't stand waste, useless spending, wasted energy and having to live squandering stuff.

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I'll shout it if they want: Down with isms! Up with a Left that is capable of thinking outside the box! In other words, I am more than completely cured of simplifications, of dividing the world into good and evil, of thinking in black and white. I have repented!

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If the inmates of Guantanamo want to make their nests in Uruguay, they can do it.

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A lot of people like a lot of money. They shouldn't go into politics.

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