Latest Evo Morales Quotes from Interviews

• We welcome private investment, but any company or national firm will be a partner of a venture where the result will go mainly to the Bolivian people. Of course, any investor is entitled to recover their investment and take profits. But be assured that these new functions with our partners will also be reinvested in our country for the benefit of the Bolivian people.

  Evo Morales

  Country, People, Benefits

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• To talk only about national security, national defense, means to be selfish, ambitious. It is discrimination, isolation. "It is just me. What do I care about others?"

  Evo Morales

  Selfish, Mean, Ambitious

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• Lithium is like a beautiful lady, very much sought and pursued, especially in Bolivia. There is data indicating Bolivia has the largest reserves of lithium in the world.

  Evo Morales

  Beautiful, Data, Bolivia

  Fuente: bigthink.com

• We stand for global security and so we take care of everyone's life.

  Evo Morales

  Care, Take Care, Security

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• We see how capitalism is destroying Mother Earth. I remain convinced that the Earth can exist without man but man cannot live without the Earth.

  Evo Morales

  Mother, Men, Earth

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• In this new millennium it is more important to defend the rights of the Mother Earth to guarantee human rights.

  Evo Morales

  Mother, Rights, Important

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• If governments do not ensure that, the peoples through their own efforts will ensure these changes, what we call communitarian socialism.

  Evo Morales

  Government, Effort, Socialism

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• Why communitarian socialism? Now not only do we have the pursuit of happiness for man, as a government, as a program or as our principles. But as well to live in harmony with Mother Earth.

  Evo Morales

  Mother, Pursuit Of Happiness, Men

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• I'm still convinced. We all fight for freedom, but the foundation of freedom is equality and justice. And we are all on the road.

  Evo Morales

  Fighting, Justice, Foundation

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• In Latin America, in the past, it was almost impossible to guarantee democracy. There were military dictatorships, and nowadays there are not so many military dictatorships. Although we have a dictator in Honduras, as a result of a coup, now as a president, he is almost the only one I would say. But again led or managed, gestated by the U.S. government.

  Evo Morales

  Military, Latin, Past

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• Now we are immersed in deep democratic revolutions, for the recovery of our resources, and to transform a resource into a basic human right. And that is spread around the world.

  Evo Morales

  Recovery, Around The World, Revolution

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• Tarde o temprano llegaremos a un punto en el que el socialismo comunitario se convierta en global porque el capitalismo ni siquiera es la solución al propio capitalismo.

  Evo Morales

  Socialism, Turns, Sooner Or Later

  Fuente: bigthink.com

• Capitalism is destroying Mother Earth, and to destroy Mother Earth is to destroy humanity.

  Evo Morales

  Mother, Humanity, Earth

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• Fortunately, in Bolivia, we have begun to liberate ourselves economically. If we do not accompany social and cultural liberation with economic liberalization, the country will continue to be subjugated.

  Evo Morales

  Country, Bolivia, Economic

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• It is a democratic uprising. I'd say a democratic revolution against imperialism and against capitalism. So the agreements between us, more than that, any cooperation means unconditional credit, while the US and some capitalist countries want to help us under conditions, under blackmail.

  Evo Morales

  Country, Mean, Agreement

  Fuente: bigthink.com

• There are countries that send us garbage. There are countries that send us their outdated technology as their cooperation. With Fidel [Castro] it is totally different. Fidel is the first and the best one to stand for peace in the world denouncing the interventionist policies of the U.S.

  Evo Morales

  Country, Technology, Different

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• The fight against capitalism has many aspects, particularly the distinctive economic models that concentrate the capital in few hands.

  Evo Morales

  Fighting, Hands, Economic Models

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• I am quite an admirer of Fidel [Castro]. For me, Fidel is the first and the best man in solidarity with the peoples of the world. Fidel shares not just what he does not need, but every little thing he has. That is called solidarity.

  Evo Morales

  Hombres, Doe, Necesidades

  Fuente: bigthink.com

• In Iraq, [American administration] said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction endangering mankind. With this pretext, the U.S. intervened militarily, and all they did is take control over oil fields, and oil wells.

  Evo Morales

  Mass Destruction, Oil, Iraq

  Fuente: bigthink.com

• Geopolitical interests are behind the so-called war on drugs and terrorism.

  Evo Morales

  War, Drug, Terrorism

  Fuente: bigthink.com

• With Bolivia, I had hope that a discriminated African-American, with another discriminated indigenous peasant leader, I hoped that together we could work for justice and equality. Not only for just two countries, Bolivia and USA, but for equality around the world.

  Evo Morales

  Country, Usa, Two

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• Lamentablemente, en este Gobierno de Obama, tenemos acusaciones de narcotráfico y terrorismo. Para Evo, es narcotráfico. Para Hugo, es terrorismo. Evo Morales, narcotráfico. Hugo Chávez, terrorismo.

  Evo Morales

  Government, Drug, Terrorism

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• We have raised an issue that is already in the Bolivian constitution, that water is a universal human right. And we asked the United Nations to recognize water as a human right.

  Evo Morales

  Issues, Water, Constitution

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• Now goverments are a different thing. Presidents who do not want me. As I said, an African-American discriminates against an indigenous Bolivian. Well, they have their reasons, but sooner or later we will all be judged.

  Evo Morales

  African American, President, Different

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

• I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in rural areas, and are still Catholic. These bishops of the Catholic churches still pray for the poor, and pray for their president who works for the poor, while the leaders of the Catholic Church only defend oligarchy.

  Evo Morales

  Leader, Catholic, Church

  Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. September 22, 2010.

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