Civil servants Quote 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,…

— Jose Mujica

No country can solve climate change alone, we have to take global measures.

— 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.

— 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…

— Jose Mujica

I know prisons from the inside.

— Jose Mujica

My years in jail were a bit like a workshop for my - that actually forged my way of thinking and my values.

— Jose Mujica

If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me,

— 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.…

— 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.…

— Jose Mujica

If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global…

— Jose Mujica

I was no assassin. I got out during the amnesty because I had not committed any violent crimes.

— Jose Mujica

I am an austere president.

— Jose Mujica