Jose mujica

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

We can't avoid that our daily and intimate manner of speaking is sometimes rough.

The kids of today have to be better than us. We must strive to create tools adequate for human beings that come with other things that are, at least, different from those we used to have.

The political climate during a campaign is not the best climate for reasonable debate.

I'm just sick of the way things are. We're in an age in which we can't live without accepting the logic of the market. Contemporary politics is all about short-term pragmatism. We have abandoned...

The world cries out for global rules that respect the achievements of science.

I don't want to be an apologist for poverty, but I can't stand waste, useless spending, wasted energy and having to live squandering stuff.

I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor.

I know prisons from the inside.

My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history.