A president is a high-level official who is elected to carry out a function. He is not a king, not a god.… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
Businesses just want to increase their profits; it's up to the government to make sure they distribute enough of those profits so… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live. My lifestyle is a consequence of… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
We can almost recycle everything now. If we lived within our means, by being prudent, the 7 billion people in the world… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
To live in accordance with how one thinks. Be yourself and don't try to impose your criteria on the rest. I don't… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
What's sad is that an 80-year-old grandpa has to be the open-minded one. Old people aren't old because of their age, but… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
Help does not mean to intervene. I will not meddle if I am not invited to do so. But if I can… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
My goal is to achieve a little less injustice in Uruguay, to help the most vulnerable and to leave behind a political… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
From afar, it seems like a war without a solution and like a long sacrifice for the entire country. So when a… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
As soon as politicians start climbing up the ladder, they suddenly become kings. I don't know how it works, but what I… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's older than… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
It has always been like that with changes. In 1913, we established divorce as a right for women in Uruguay. You know… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
I've seen some springs that ended up being terrible winters. We human beings are gregarious. We can't live alone. For our lives… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
I have a way of life that I don't change just because I am a president. I earn more than I need,… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
Worse that drugs is drug trafficking. Much worse. Drugs are a disease, and I don't think that there are good drugs or… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
We have sacrificed the old immaterial gods, and now we are occupying the temple of the Market-God. He organizes our economy, our… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
“I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle,… — Jose Mujica Copy Share
I think the ideal way of living is to live like the vast majority of people whom we attempt to serve and represent. — Jose Mujica Copy Share
What's sad is that an 80-year-old grandpa has to be the open-minded one. Old people aren't old because of their age, but because of… — Jose Mujica Copy Share
My years in jail were a bit like a workshop for my - that actually forged my way of thinking and my values. — Jose Mujica Copy Share
I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live. My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds.… — Jose Mujica Copy Share
We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's older than the world.… — Jose Mujica Copy Share
If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global… — Jose Mujica Copy Share
I was no assassin. I got out during the amnesty because I had not committed any violent crimes. — Jose Mujica Copy Share
We have sacrificed the old immaterial gods, and now we are occupying the temple of the Market-God. He organizes our economy, our politics, our… — Jose Mujica Copy Share
Help does not mean to intervene. I will not meddle if I am not invited to do so. But if I can serve as… — Jose Mujica Copy Share
A president is a high-level official who is elected to carry out a function. He is not a king, not a god. He is… — Jose Mujica Copy Share
