The actions I took at a time of national crisis in 2003 were necessary to protect lives and property and restore law and order. Regrettably, lives were lost among both the government forces and armed protesters. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
I would say I'm a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, if that contradiction can make sense, because in Bolivia, we have a great… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
I'm going to have to campaign to teach Bolivians who the president is, because apparently they haven't realized I'm here yet. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
After Victor Paz's government, I was still in politics, but I personally spent a lot of time consulting and working with Argentina, with Peru,… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
Whoever gives in to terrorism has to be prepared to do so many times. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
Taking power is fine. But what do you do when you are in power? — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
Around the continent, governments worry that indigenous groups are fertile ground for extremist, terrorist groups. We are trying to make sure that doesn't happen… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
You have troubles with violent indigenous movement around the continent. Here, we are putting more power in their hands and creating a nonviolent indigenous… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
Hopefully, together we can find solutions to our grave problems, but we'll never find them through violence. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
I was always a reformer. My father and mother were progressives, and they believed in the universal vote, vote for women, land reform, and… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
There is a national consensus building here that drugs are doing a great deal of damage to the Bolivian society. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
I was very identified with and accused of being a neo-liberal with respect to the economy. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
I'm not going to say that the problems of my government, or those of Bolivia, are the fault of the United States. But they… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
I've never liked to judge other people in the hope that they won't judge me. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
It's difficult to explain a giraffe to a Bolivian who lives on the Altiplano. But when they see one, I think they'll like it. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
The actions I took at a time of national crisis in 2003 were necessary to protect lives and property and restore law and order.… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share
