Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

"Americans think of themselves first, second, third, fourth, fifth – and if there’s any time left over they think about Americans"

"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 major…"

"If there is something which I am proud, in this country, it is that there is no living soul more honest than me. Not even in the Federal Police, not even in the Public Ministry, not even in the Cathol…"

"I want to know if the people are in the shit and I want to take the people out of the shit in which they are." – during a speech in São Luís, the capital of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. After reco…"

"Brazil is in a solid position. In the past, if the United States sneezed, we caught pneumonia. Today, if the United States sneezes, we sneeze too."

"I am the son of an illiterate father and mother."

"From an ethical point of view the price difference is grotesque and from a political point of view, it represents a lack of respect, as though a sick Brazilian is inferior."

"President Bush Welcomes President Lula of Brazil to Camp David"