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…

- Jose Mujica

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…

- Jose Mujica

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…

- Jose Mujica

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…

- Jose Mujica

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…

- Jose Mujica

In life you can fall down 1000 times but the point is to have the willingness to stand up and to start again.

- Jose Mujica

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…

- Jose Mujica

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

- Jose Mujica

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.

- Jose Mujica