Occupation: President Of Uruguay Birth: May 20, 1935
The way the banks behave is frankly unbearable. I didn't rob for me. I expropriated resources for a struggle. If I had robbed for myself that would b….
Between madness and sanity, there is a shifting boundary. It is impossible to explain. Time slows down and you have to try to fill it. You don't have….
I can live well with what I have.I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an exp….
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 mo….
What was my great sin? To have revealed the private property of the bank - well if this is being a criminal, then maybe I'm a great criminal..
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 that republics came….
No country can solve climate change alone, we have to take global measures..
Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no….
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 they ne….
This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore….
If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me..
My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied..
To live in accordance with how one thinks. Be yourself and don't try to impose your criteria on the rest. I don't expect others to live like me. I wa….
In life you can fall down 1000 times but the point is to have the willingness to stand up and to start again..
But we think as people and countries, not as a species..
I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live..
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 the son of my history.….
There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure..
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 the witch doctor of a tribe who k….
Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societie….
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 had Juliu….