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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — news, coverage & facts — IJR

Notable quotes

“Look, my friend. I don't speak the language here, I've got no money, the food stinks, there's no rice, no beans. I'd rather be arrested in Brazil than stay in this dump of a country.”
— In 1975. Cited in Emir Sader and ‎Ken Silverstein, Without Fear of Being Happy (1991) p. 41
“Brazil is in a solid position. In the past, if the United States sneezed, we caught pneumonia. Today, if the United States sneezes, we sneeze too.”
— "Interview transcript: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in: Financial Times (July 7, 2006)
“From an ethical point of view the price difference is grotesque and from a political point of view, it represents a lack of respect, as though a sick Brazilian is inferior.”
— "Brazil to break Aids drug patent", BBC News (May 4, 2007)
“This is a crisis that was caused by people, white with blue eyes. And before the crisis they looked as if they knew everything about economics.”
— Andrew Grice, "Financial crisis 'caused by white men with blue eyes", The Independent (March 27, 2009)
“Does anyone really think the US is going to favour Brazil? [...] Americans think of themselves first, second, third, fourth, fifth – and if there’s any time left over they think about Americans. And these Brazilian lackeys go around thinking the Americans will do anything for us.”
— Reported in Anna Jean Kaiser and Tom Phillips, "Brazil governed by 'lunatics' and US 'lackeys', says ex-president Lula", The Guardian (April 27, 2019)
“Toda vez que a gente fala de combater as drogas, possivelmente fosse mais fácil a gente combater os nossos viciados internamente. Os usuários, os usuários são responsáveis pelos traficantes que são vítimas dos usuários também.”
— Every time we talk about fighting drugs, it would possibly be easier for us to fight our own addicts internally. The users — the users are responsible for the traffickers, who are themselves victims of the users as well.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.