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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Whoever gives in to terrorism has to be prepared to do so many times. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
Taking power is fine. But what do you do when you are in power? — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Hopefully, together we can find solutions to our grave problems, but we'll never find them through violence. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I was very identified with and accused of being a neo-liberal with respect to the economy. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
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 Image
I've never liked to judge other people in the hope that they won't judge me. — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
