Jose Mujica
Jose Mujica
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordanois a Uruguayan politician who was the 40th President of Uruguay between 2010 and 2015. A former urban guerrilla fighter with the Tupamaros, he was imprisoned for 13 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential...
NationalityUruguayan
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 May 1935
CountryUruguay
If we lived within our means - by being prudent - the 7 billion people in the world could have everything they needed. Global politics should be moving in that direction. But we think as people and countries, not as a species.
Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more.
A lot of people like a lot of money. They shouldn't go into politics.
The goatherds were the poorest people of Spain. Probably, they were the richest.
I think the ideal way of living is to live like the vast majority of people whom we attempt to serve and represent.
There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.
Uruguay is a country which has grown from immigration, people from all over. That is our origin.
If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me,
I can live well with what I have.I’m called ‘the poorest president’, but I don’t feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more,
Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.
I don't know whether I like this planet or not. But I have to accept it.
If I worried about pollsters, I wouldn't be president.
Any North American state is more important than Uruguay, in dimensions, in its economic force.
The world cries out for global rules that respect the achievements of science.