Evo Morales Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I don't mind being a permanent nightmare for the United States.”

“I am not accustomed to protocol.”

“In 2005, before I was president, the state of Bolivia had only $300 million from hydrocarbons. Last year, 2007, the Bolivian state - after the nationalization, after changing the law - Bolivia received $1,930 million. For a small country with nearly 10 million inhabitants, this allows us to increase the national economy.”

“Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be the best way of tracking down the drug traffickers.”

“I want to stress that at no time Bolivia acts untimely or irresponsibly.”

“I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.”

“We are starting a process of decolonization in Bolivia. All this is bringing about change and we will continue.”

“As an indigenous leader from Bolivia, I know what exclusion looks like. Before 1952, my people were not allowed to even enter the main squares of Bolivia's cities, and there were almost no indigenous politicians in government until the late 1990s.”

“Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.”

“I have a lot of trouble understanding all the detail of finance and administration - but if you combine intellectual and professional capacity with a social conscience, you can change things: countries, structures, economic models, colonial states.”