We've advanced in the construction of a true free-trade area across South America... What's needed now is less rhetoric and more action.

Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.

Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us.

The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in many poor countries of the world.

Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe

When I see Messi - who is the best player in the world in my opinion - lose the ball, he runs off until he gets it back or commits a foul. Our guys lose the ball and fold their arms.

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

The true path to peace is shared development. If we do not want war to go global, justice must go global

Well-fed people can enhance their dignity, their health and their learning capacity. Putting resources into social programs is not expenditure. It is investment.

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

A leader is the one who is pulling the sled hardest.

Is a woman bound to wifely obedience, when the result will be to turn her out of the estate of wife?

If you don't have a plan for inclusivity your plan is to be exclusive.

It's fine to be a great democrat when you've a slave to rub your boots on.

If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

Power in a corporation becomes residual and dwells in the background. It is the ability to exercise nice matters of judgment.

You have to be the nice one!

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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.