Top 31 Lula Da Silva Quotes
#1. Lula da Silva was my hero when he was president. I Googled him so many times. The fact that he got 20 million people out of poverty ... that happened by encouraging entrepreneurship, by supporting small business.
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#2. The true path to peace is shared development. If we do not want war to go global, justice must go global
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#4. The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in many poor countries of the world.
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#5. Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.
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#6. I will never tire from repeating my commitment to ensuring that every Brazilian can have breakfast, lunch and supper every day.
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#8. We've advanced in the construction of a true free-trade area across South America ... What's needed now is less rhetoric and more action.
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#10. A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.
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#14. 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.
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#15. If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.
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#19. Well-fed people can enhance their dignity, their health and their learning capacity. Putting resources into social programs is not expenditure. It is investment.
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#20. No sustainable development, environmental harmony or lasting security will happen if we are unable to eradicate hunger and extreme inequality
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#21. A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.
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#22. The fight against hunger and poverty is also predicated on the creation of a world order that accords priority to social and economic development.
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#23. I don't need arms, and neither does anyone else ... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.
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#24. My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.
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#26. Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe
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#27. Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us.
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#28. Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much!
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#29. I know how to move between political camps. When everyone in the world hated (Libyan leader Moammar) Gadhafi, I paid him an official visit. It caused an uproar - Lula's visiting the devil!
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#30. When I see Messi - who is the best player in the world in my opinion - lose the ball, he runs off until he gets it back or commits a foul. Our guys lose the ball and fold their arms.
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#31. Without Messi there isn't a team for Argentina, Messi is brilliant, different, with a strong mentality. Let's hope he doesn't change.
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