Latest Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Quotes from Interviews

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I believe that it is very difficult in the world of today to continue with G-8 only without taking in account the importance of Brazil, China, India, many in the world economy, because these countries are great consumers, large consumers, and we're also becoming great producers, and also because we were better prepared than the rich countries for the nowadays global crisis.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Country, Believe, World

• This is the first global crisis that doesn't start in poor countries and it was caused by the rich countries. So it's necessary to take advantage of this crisis - the financial system has to be regulated. It's necessary that the central banks in the world should control a little bit the banks' financing, because they cannot bypass a certain range of leverage. And I believe that there's no other - more any reason for a G-8 group or any other "G." I believe that we should guarantee that the G-20 should be now an important forum to discuss the major economic issues of the world.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Country, Believe, Important

• Only in my case, when my presidency ends, I will go back to my home industrial city town, 800 meters from my local trade union that projected me my political life. And if I fail, when I go back to my hometown, it's going to take another century for another worker, another member of the working class to reach the presidency, because people are going to say that the workers do not have the competency to run a country.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Running, Country, Home

• All countries have problems with China's economic power.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Country, Problem, Economic

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• 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!

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Moving, Leader, Political

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  War, Latin, America

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• I respect the path Cuba chooses to take.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Cuba, Path

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Fuel, Facts, Commodity

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• No one can wipe away the injustices of centuries in only eight years.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Eight, Years, Wipe

  Source: www.spiegel.de