Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Quotes

The true path to peace is shared development. If we do not want war to go global, justice must go global

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.

Without Messi there isn't a team for Argentina, Messi is brilliant, different, with a strong mentality. Let's hope he doesn't change.

I am the son of an illiterate father and mother

The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in many poor countries of the world.

Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much!

Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.

The production of fuel from basic food commodities is, in fact, unjustifiable.

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

I will never tire from repeating my commitment to ensuring that every Brazilian can have breakfast, lunch and supper every day.

I know how to move between political camps. When everyone in the world hated (Libyan leader Moammar) Gadhafi, I paid him an official visit. It caused an uproar - Lula's visiting the devil!

All countries have problems with China's economic power.

The fight against hunger and poverty is also predicated on the creation of a world order that accords priority to social and economic development.

It is clear that Messi is on a level above all others. Those who do not see that are blind.

When I see Messi - who is the best player in the world in my opinion - lose the ball, he runs off until he gets it back or commits a foul. Our guys lose the ball and fold their arms.

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.

Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring security.War can only generate monsters: bitterness, intolerance, fundamentalism, and the damaging denial of current hegemonies.The poor must be given reasons to live, not to kill or die.

A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.

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

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

I respect the path Cuba chooses to take.