LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god - the market.

I don't need arms, and neither does anyone else... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.

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.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

You're going to be hearing a lot about one scrappy president.

My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.

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.

Brazil must increase the value of its human capital by investing in knowledge and technology.

This is a country where Jews and Arabs speak without fear. Where people come from different cultures the world over. Where everyone becomes Brazilian rapidly.

We will seek to eliminate scandalous agricultural subsidies which developed nations have that harms our own agriculture.

I have told my people that we are not second class citizens. We can get something done.

The success of an elected official is doing what everyone knows needs to be done.

Brazil was a capitalist society without capital.

No one has to agree with everything that someone else says. But in state-to-state relations, we have to understand that we can help each other much more doing it that way. We have to be more generous.

If, at the end of my mandate, all Brazilians have the possibility to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, I will have fulfilled the mission of my life.

I have known Evo Morales for many years, since the days of the union movement. From a historical and sociological standpoint, the election of Evo Morales is extraordinary, with great prospects and potential for the Bolivian people.

I learned during my term and in the presidency that we should not discuss about assumptions or insinuations. If one day I have to do something against the U.S., the first one to get to know what I was going to do would be the president of the U.S.

Brazil does not want to become an exporter of crude oil. No. We want to be a country that exports oil byproducts - more gasoline, high-quality oil - and to strengthen the petrochemical industry.

In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.

I took office as president in January 2003, and in April 2003, I sent to Congress my first proposal for tax reform. Some parts were voted on, with respect to federal taxes, and then it came to a standstill. Why? Because each state is interested in its own tax reform, has its own tax policy, and each state has its federal deputies and senators.

I have suggested that Brazilian enterprises invest in Uruguay and Paraguay. These are small economies, so some things can be produced in these countries that will give them greater and more equitable involvement in the Mercosur game.

I know what unemployment means because I was unemployed for one-and-a-half years, and I know the drama that the worker and unemployed worker faces. I know the world of the labor union better than I think anyone else does.

It is a coup because while the Brazilian Constitution allows for impeachment, it's necessary for the person to have committed what we call high crimes and misdemeanors. And President Dilma did not commit a high crime nor misdemeanor. Therefore, what is happening is an attempt by some to take power by disrespecting the popular vote.