Evo Morales Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Evo Morales quotes and sayings page 2 (65 year old statesman). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 40 we have for him.
“This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.”
“The most important thing is the indigenous people are not vindictive by nature. We are not here to oppress anybody - but to join together and build Bolivia, with justice and equality.”
“For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.”
“Capitalism is the worst friend of humanity.”
“The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.”
“In 2006, I entered the presidential palace in the main square of La Paz as the first indigenous president of Bolivia. Our government, under the slogan 'Bolivia Changes,' is committed to ending the colonialism, racism and exclusion that many of our people lived under for many centuries.”
“Bolivia's majority Indian population was always excluded, politically oppressed and culturally alienated. Our national wealth, our raw materials, was plundered. Indios were once treated like animals here. In the 1930s and 40s, they were sprayed with DDT to kill the vermin on their skin and in their hair whenever they came into the city.”
“The relationship between the government of the United States and social and indigenous movements has always been difficult. Not just in Bolivia but worldwide. We need to have bilateral relations characterized by mutual respect.”
“All of Africa's resources should be declared resources of the state and managed by the nation. Our experience in Bolivia shows that when you take control of natural resources for the people of the town and village, major world change is possible.”
“We Indians are Latin America's moral reserve. We act according to a universal law that consists of three basic principles: do not steal, do not lie and do not be idle.”
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