Anything we do now, before the WTO meeting, could confuse the facts and we’d be creating an impediment to the WTO,

I didn’t want my children to work in the rice fields, I wanted them to go to school and get good jobs, … Lula helped.

I will not do what Getulio Vargas did, nor will I do what Janio Quadros did,

We carry on tranquil and mature discussions on specific issues that always come up as part of any partnership on this scale,

As the largest Catholic country in the world, where people of several different beliefs live in harmony, Brazil feels sorrowful for the loss of one of the men who positively marked the course of contemporary...

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

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.

Poor countries must give an example of honesty, of ethics, so that we truly deserve the solidarity from millions and millions of people who would like to contribute but sometimes are not sure their money...

I don’t think Lula knew about this, but I feel deceived by all the people who were working for him,

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

Bush fascist, you are a terrorist.

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.