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

We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end.

Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.

I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.

I want to stress that at no time Bolivia acts untimely or irresponsibly.

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

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.

Capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity.

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

The fight against drug trafficking is a false pretext for the United States to install military bases.

Love someone not because of what they have, love them because of what they are.

A good storyteller is a person who has a good memory and hopes other people haven't.

Never assume greatness is for someone else. Imagine every day that you too can do great things. Have the courage to take the challenge, make the mistakes, and move forward.

Did I follow Truth wherever she led, And stand against the whole world for a cause, And uphold the weak against the strong? If I did I would be remembered among men.

What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education.

Some people are so weak that whenever they see a hammer, they immediately turn into a nail!

You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything.

Our purpose is to grow up and become love

Every composer's music reflects in its subject-matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while writing the music.

We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run a police force.