79 Quotes by José Mujica

Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a constitution and parliament.

Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more.

All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.

I give myself the luxury of saying what I want.

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

I learned that one can always start again.

I have the goal of getting together 30 or 40 poor kids and bringing them to live with me.

I don't want to be an apologist for poverty, but I can't stand waste, useless spending, wasted energy and having to live squandering stuff.

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.