José Mujica Citas

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

  José Mujica

  Contentment, Needs, Definitions

  “Can Uruguay's Pauper President Be an International Role Model?” by Orion Jones, bigthink.com. 2017.

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• 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 expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more.

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  People, President, Trying

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• 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 sin. But politics is for serving the people.

  José Mujica

  Money, People, Want

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• 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 you have more time for yourself.

  José Mujica

  Needs, Time For Yourself, Matter

  "Uruguay's President Mujica Shuns Wealth for Small Farm and VW Beetle", www.foxnews.com. November 15, 2012.

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• 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 want to respect people's freedom, but I defend my freedom. And that comes with the courage to say what you think, even if sometimes others don't share those views.

  José Mujica

  Being Yourself, Powerful, Humble

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

  José Mujica

  Fall, Falling Down, Willingness

  Fuente: www.sbs.com.au

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• 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 to the world to make sure that no one is more than anyone else. The pomp of office is like something left over from a feudal past: "You need a palace, red carpet, a lot of people behind you saying, 'Yes, sir.' I think all of that is awful."

  José Mujica

  Kings, Powerful, Humble

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• Ahora casi podemos reciclarlo todo. Si viviéramos dentro de nuestras posibilidades, siendo prudentes, los 7.000 millones de habitantes del mundo podrían tener todo lo que necesitan. La política mundial debería ir en esa dirección. Pero pensamos como personas y países, no como especie.

  José Mujica

  Country, Powerful, Moving

  "Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills" by Jonathan Watts, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2013.

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• 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 have been years when I would have been happy just to have a mattress.

  José Mujica

  Powerful, Humble, Son

  "Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills" by Jonathan Watts, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2013.

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• There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.

  José Mujica

  People, Experiments

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

  José Mujica

  People, Kill Me, Ifs

  "Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills". Interview With Jonathan Watts, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2013.

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• 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 money to buy the goods they produce. It's no mystery - the less poverty, the more commerce. The most important investment we can make is in human resources.

  José Mujica

  Powerful, Humble, Government

  "10 Reasons to Love Uruguay’s President José Mujica" by Medea Benjamin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 14, 2014.

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• It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling of frustration, and we suffer from poverty, and we are auto-marginalized.

  José Mujica

  Powerful, Humble, Frustration

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• I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live.

  José Mujica

  Humble, President, Needs

  "Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills". Interview With Jonathan Watts, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2013.

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• Un presidente es un funcionario de alto nivel elegido para desempeñar una función. No es un rey, ni un dios. No es el brujo de una tribu que lo sabe todo. Es un funcionario. Creo que lo ideal es vivir como la inmensa mayoría de las personas a las que intentamos servir y representar.

  José Mujica

  Kings, Powerful, Humble

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• 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 anything but solitude.

  José Mujica

  Solitude, Trying, Down And

  Fuente: www.sbs.com.au

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• I have a way of life that I don't change just because I am a president. I earn more than I need, even if it's not enough for others. For me, it is no sacrifice, it's a duty.

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  Powerful, Humble, Sacrifice

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• 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 be different.

  José Mujica

  Struggle, Different, Would Be

  Fuente: www.sbs.com.au

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• 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.

  José Mujica

  Criminals, Sin, Wells

  Fuente: www.sbs.com.au

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• Uruguay es un país que ha crecido a partir de la inmigración, gente de todas partes. Ese es nuestro origen.

  José Mujica

  Country, People, Immigration

  Fuente: www.sbs.com.au

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• Peor que las drogas es el narcotráfico. Mucho peor. La droga es una enfermedad, y no creo que haya drogas buenas ni que la marihuana sea buena. Ni los cigarrillos. Ninguna adicción es buena. Incluyo el alcohol. La única adicción buena es el amor. Olvida todo lo demás.

  José Mujica

  Powerful, Humble, Marijuana

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• No country can solve climate change alone, we have to take global measures.

  José Mujica

  Country, Climate, Climate Change

  Fuente: www.sbs.com.au

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• 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 Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, please. To say it's modern, come on, it's older than we are. It's an objective reality that it exists. For us, not legalizing it would be to torture people needlessly.

  José Mujica

  Powerful, Humble, Gay

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• 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 societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.

  José Mujica

  Eight, Today, Waste

  "Poverty and the Presidency: Uruguay’s Jose Mujica" by Conrad Black, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2012.

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• But we think as people and countries, not as a species.

  José Mujica

  Country, Humble, Thinking

  "Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills". Interview With Jonathan Watts, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2013.

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