Fernando Henrique Cardoso Quotes

#1. In my own experience as president of Brazil I observed first hand many of the trends that Nam identifies in this book, but he describes them in a way that is as original as it is delightful to read. All those who have power-or want it-should read this book.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

#2. I am not proposing to replace war with peace. I propose to replace war with a smarter fight. A fight using other instruments, more intelligent instruments to convince people not to use drugs.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

#3. Let us continue to strive together for a more inclusive, democratic, and peaceful future for us all.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

#4. One hundred idiots make idiotic plans and carry them out. All but one justly fail. The hundredth idiot, whose plan succeeded through pure luck, is immediately convinced he's a genius.

Iain M. Banks

#5. It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

#6. Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen's possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations involved in life in society.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

#7. I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

Oprah Winfrey

#8. One omen is best; Defending the fatherland

Homer

#9. Life is sacred? Who said so? God? Hey, if you read history, you realize that God is one of the leading causes of death! Has been for thousands of years! Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians; all taking turns killing each other because God told 'em it was a good idea.

George Carlin

#10. The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.

Chuck Yeager

#11. There is a magic moment, during which a man has surrendered a treasure, and during which the man who is about to receive it has not yet done so. An alert lawyer [read bond trader] will make that moment his own, possessing the treasure for a magic microsecond, taking a little of it, passing it on.

Michael Lewis