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.

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.

You’re going to be hearing a lot about one scrappy president.

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

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

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

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god – the market.

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.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace – lasting peace – cannot be secured without the support of all.