Evo Morales

The peoples of the Andes believe in the concept of 'living well' instead of wanting to 'live better' by consuming more, regardless…

— Evo Morales

Chavez's oil is unimportant for Bolivia... We are not dependent on Venezuela. We complement each other. Venezuela shares its wealth with other…

— Evo Morales

From my standpoint, coca should be neither destroyed nor completely legalized. Farming should be controlled by the state and by the coca…

— Evo Morales

I'm still convinced. We all fight for freedom, but the foundation of freedom is equality and justice. And we are all on…

— Evo Morales

I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

— Evo Morales

Lithium is like a beautiful lady, very much sought and pursued, especially in Bolivia. There is data indicating Bolivia has the largest…

— Evo Morales

In Bolivia, the middle class, intellectuals and the self-employed are proud of their Indian roots. Unfortunately, some oligarchic groups continue to treat…

— Evo Morales

In this new millennium it is more important to defend the rights of the Mother Earth to guarantee human rights.

— Evo Morales

Bolivia historically made and still makes a living from natural resources. Before it was tin, but also silver, gold, and other minerals…

— Evo Morales

In Iraq, [American administration] said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction endangering mankind. With this pretext, the U.S. intervened militarily, and…

— Evo Morales

I am quite an admirer of Fidel [Castro]. For me, Fidel is the first and the best man in solidarity with the…

— Evo Morales

All of Africa's resources should be declared resources of the state and managed by the nation. Our experience in Bolivia shows that…

— Evo Morales

Globalization and the neoliberal economic model have already been rejected in Latin America; it simply hasn't been a solution for our people.…

— Evo Morales

In Latin America, in the past, it was almost impossible to guarantee democracy. There were military dictatorships, and nowadays there are not…

— Evo Morales

I never wore a tie voluntarily, even though I was forced to wear one for photos when I was young and for…

— Evo Morales

Capitalism and the thirst for profit without limits of the capitalist system are destroying the planet...Climate change has placed all humankind before…

— Evo Morales

Now we are immersed in deep democratic revolutions, for the recovery of our resources, and to transform a resource into a basic…

— Evo Morales

Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment.

— Evo Morales

Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system,…

— Evo Morales

Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be…

— Evo Morales

Sooner or later we will reach a point where communitarian socialism turns global because capitalism is not even the solution to capitalism…

— Evo Morales

If governments do not ensure that, the peoples through their own efforts will ensure these changes, what we call communitarian socialism.

— Evo Morales

We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing…

— Evo Morales

Fortunately, in Bolivia, we have begun to liberate ourselves economically. If we do not accompany social and cultural liberation with economic liberalization,…

— Evo Morales

Why communitarian socialism? Now not only do we have the pursuit of happiness for man, as a government, as a program or…

— Evo Morales

We have raised an issue that is already in the Bolivian constitution, that water is a universal human right. And we asked…

— Evo Morales

The Bolivian government has promised to guarantee autonomy in the framework of unity, legality, and with the goal of equalizing the different…

— Evo Morales

[In Bolivia] We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us…

— Evo Morales

Unfortunately, in this Obama Government, we have charges of drug trafficking and terrorism. For Evo, it's drug trafficking. For Hugo, it's terrorism.…

— Evo Morales

I learned that the political is above the legal, that's why when my advisors tell me, Evo, what you are doing is…

— Evo Morales

State control is important for the people who have always been excluded from the claims of social and economic development.

— Evo Morales

We nationalize hydrocarbons, so now the economy is improving and the fight against poverty is also improving in Bolivia.

— Evo Morales

There was no private property in the past. Everything was communal property. In the Indian community where I was born, everything belonged…

— Evo Morales

We see how capitalism is destroying Mother Earth. I remain convinced that the Earth can exist without man but man cannot live…

— Evo Morales

This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.

— Evo Morales

Some countries of Europe have to free themselves from the US Empire. They are not going to frighten us because we are…

— Evo Morales

Imagine what our planet would look like with an increase in temperature of two degrees or four degrees, given that at 0.8…

— Evo Morales

There are social democrats and others who are marching more in the direction of equality, whether you call them socialists or communists...…

— Evo Morales

The fight against capitalism has many aspects, particularly the distinctive economic models that concentrate the capital in few hands.

— Evo Morales

Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not…

— Evo Morales