Powerful Quotes

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Science is so powerful that it drags us kicking and screaming towards the truth despite our best efforts to avoid it. — Peter Watts
Again there is another great and powerful cause why the sciences have made but little progress; which is this. It is not possible to run… — Francis Bacon
For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but also by denial… — Kofi Annan
We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles — Jim Rohn
I've seen some springs that ended up being terrible winters. We human beings are gregarious. We can't live alone. For our lives to be possible,… — Jose Mujica
It has always been like that with changes. In 1913, we established divorce as a right for women in Uruguay. You know what they were… — 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 habits,… — Jose Mujica
It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling of… — Jose Mujica
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… — 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. We… — Jose Mujica
From afar, it seems like a war without a solution and like a long sacrifice for the entire country. So when a president appears who… — 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 a… — Jose Mujica
As soon as politicians start climbing up the ladder, they suddenly become kings. I don't know how it works, but what I do know is… — Jose Mujica
Businesses just want to increase their profits; it's up to the government to make sure they distribute enough of those profits so workers have the… — 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 what's… — Jose Mujica
Worse that drugs is drug trafficking. Much worse. Drugs are a disease, and I don't think that there are good drugs or that marijuana is… — 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. I'm… — Jose Mujica
I have a way of life that I don't change just because I am a president. I earn more than I need, even if it's… — Jose Mujica
My goal is to achieve a little less injustice in Uruguay, to help the most vulnerable and to leave behind a political way of thinking,… — 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 not… — Jose Mujica

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