Free education and health care are essential for the welfare of the population.

- Jose Ramos-Horta

I believe in being compassionate.

- Jose Ramos-Horta

We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, an…

- Jose Ramos-Horta

We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty.

- Jose Ramos-Horta

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastruct…

- Jose Ramos-Horta

The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two…

- Jose Ramos-Horta

More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms.

- Jose Ramos-Horta

In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of…

- Jose Ramos-Horta

Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are civil…

- Jose Ramos-Horta