--- title: "17 Powerful Quotes By Jose Mujica" description: "17 Powerful quotes by Jose Mujica. Plus more from Jose Mujica and more Powerful sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/jose-mujica-9597_billions_we-can-almost-recycle-everything-now-if_2727855.png" --- > [We can almost recycle everything now. If we lived within our means, by being prudent, the 7 billion people in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/we-can-almost-recycle-everything-now-if-we-lived-within-our-means-by/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/jose-mujica-9597_billions_we-can-almost-recycle-everything-now-if_2727855.png) > [It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/it-seems-that-we-have-been-born-only-to-consume-and-to-consume-and/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/jose-mujica-9597_born_it-seems-that-we-have-been-born-only-to_3005995.jpg) > [To live in accordance with how one thinks. Be yourself and don't try to impose your criteria on the rest. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/to-live-in-accordance-with-how-one-thinks-be-yourself-and-don-t-try/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/jose-mujica-9597_being-yourself_to-live-in-accordance-with-how-one-think_2780909.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/what-s-sad-is-that-an-80-year-old-grandpa-has-to-be-the-open-minded/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/jose-mujica-9597_age_what-s-sad-is-that-an-80-year-old-grandp_132078.png) > [Help does not mean to intervene. I will not meddle if I am not invited to do so. But if I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/help-does-not-mean-to-intervene-i-will-not-meddle-if-i-am-not-invited/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/jose-mujica-9597_communication_help-does-not-mean-to-intervene-i-will-n_680889.png) > [I have a way of life that I don't change just because I am a president. I earn more than I need,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-have-a-way-of-life-that-i-don-t-change-just-because-i-am-a/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/jose-mujica-9597_don-t-change_i-have-a-way-of-life-that-i-don-t-change_860993.png) > [Worse that drugs is drug trafficking. Much worse. Drugs are a disease, and I don't think that there are good drugs or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/worse-that-drugs-is-drug-trafficking-much-worse-drugs-are-a-disease/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/jose-mujica-9597_addiction_worse-that-drugs-is-drug-trafficking-muc_1526466.jpg) > [We have sacrificed the old immaterial gods, and now we are occupying the temple of the Market-God. He organizes our economy, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/we-have-sacrificed-the-old-immaterial-gods-and-now-we-are-occupying/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/jose-mujica-9597_appearance_we-have-sacrificed-the-old-immaterial-go_666172.png) > [We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's older than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/we-applied-a-very-simple-principle-recognize-the-facts-abortion-is/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/jose-mujica-9597_abortion_we-applied-a-very-simple-principle-recog_496046.jpg) > [It has always been like that with changes. In 1913, we established divorce as a right for women in Uruguay. You know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/it-has-always-been-like-that-with-changes-in-1913-we-established/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/jose-mujica-9597_afraid-of-change_it-has-always-been-like-that-with-change_1602026.jpg) > [I've seen some springs that ended up being terrible winters. We human beings are gregarious. We can't live alone. For our lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-ve-seen-some-springs-that-ended-up-being-terrible-winters-we-human/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/jose-mujica-9597_block_i-ve-seen-some-springs-that-ended-up-bei_2918670.png) > [My goal is to achieve a little less injustice in Uruguay, to help the most vulnerable and to leave behind a political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/my-goal-is-to-achieve-a-little-less-injustice-in-uruguay-to-help-the/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/jose-mujica-9597_achieve_my-goal-is-to-achieve-a-little-less-inju_2602797.png) > [From afar, it seems like a war without a solution and like a long sacrifice for the entire country. So when a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/from-afar-it-seems-like-a-war-without-a-solution-and-like-a-long/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/jose-mujica-9597_afar_from-afar-it-seems-like-a-war-without-a_1250574.png) > [As soon as politicians start climbing up the ladder, they suddenly become kings. I don't know how it works, but what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/as-soon-as-politicians-start-climbing-up-the-ladder-they-suddenly/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jose-mujica-9597_awful_as-soon-as-politicians-start-climbing-up_2929975.png) > [A president is a high-level official who is elected to carry out a function. He is not a king, not a god.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/a-president-is-a-high-level-official-who-is-elected-to-carry-out-a/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/jose-mujica-9597_civil-servants_a-president-is-a-high-level-official-who_809621.png) > [Businesses just want to increase their profits; it's up to the government to make sure they distribute enough of those profits so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/businesses-just-want-to-increase-their-profits-it-s-up-to-the/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/jose-mujica-9597_business_businesses-just-want-to-increase-their-p_1718740.jpg) > [I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live. My lifestyle is a consequence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-m-not-the-poorest-president-the-poorest-is-the-one-who-needs-a-lot/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/jose-mujica-9597_consequence_i-m-not-the-poorest-president-the-poores_464528.png) ## Other authors on Powerful ## More by Jose Mujica > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-m-called-the-poorest-president-but-i-don-t-feel-poor-poor-people/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [No country can solve climate change alone, we have to take global measures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/no-country-can-solve-climate-change-alone-we-have-to-take-global/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [I think the ideal way of living is to live like the vast majority of people whom we attempt to serve and represent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-think-the-ideal-way-of-living-is-to-live-like-the-vast-majority-of/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/what-s-sad-is-that-an-80-year-old-grandpa-has-to-be-the-open-minded/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [I know prisons from the inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-know-prisons-from-the-inside/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [My years in jail were a bit like a workshop for my - that actually forged my way of thinking and my values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/my-years-in-jail-were-a-bit-like-a-workshop-for-my-that-actually/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/if-i-asked-people-to-live-as-i-live-they-would-kill-me/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-m-not-the-poorest-president-the-poorest-is-the-one-who-needs-a-lot/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's older than the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/we-applied-a-very-simple-principle-recognize-the-facts-abortion-is/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/if-we-lived-within-our-means-by-being-prudent-the-7-billion-people-in/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [I was no assassin. I got out during the amnesty because I had not committed any violent crimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-was-no-assassin-i-got-out-during-the-amnesty-because-i-had-not/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [I am an austere president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/i-am-an-austere-president/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/we-have-sacrificed-the-old-immaterial-gods-and-now-we-are-occupying/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [Help does not mean to intervene. I will not meddle if I am not invited to do so. But if I can serve as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/help-does-not-mean-to-intervene-i-will-not-meddle-if-i-am-not-invited/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-mujica/a-president-is-a-high-level-official-who-is-elected-to-carry-out-a/) [Jose Mujica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-mujica/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/powerful/jose-mujica/#itemlist", "name": "17 Powerful Quotes By Jose Mujica", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We can almost recycle everything now. If we lived within our means, by being prudent, the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. 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