Quote

This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.

Evo Morales

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Evo Morales
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 26
Politician
President Of Bolivia
Trade Unionist
Juan Evo Morales Aima
Juan Evo Morales Ayma
Coca
Culture
Cocaine
People
Indigenous
Leafs
Leaf
Region
Represents
Regions

More quotes by Evo Morales

Image
Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system, the unbridled industrialization of the resources of the Planet Earth.
Evo Morales
Image
I am Catholic. But I am opposed to a monopoly when it comes to faith.
Evo Morales
Image
Politics in Bolivia must combine social consciousness with professional competency. In my administration, intellectuals from the upper class can be cabinet ministers or ambassadors, as can members of Indian ethnic groups.
Evo Morales
Image
Now we are immersed in deep democratic revolutions, for the recovery of our resources, and to transform a resource into a basic human right. And that is spread around the world.
Evo Morales
Image
Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.
Evo Morales
Image
I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.
Evo Morales
Image
The fight against capitalism has many aspects, particularly the distinctive economic models that concentrate the capital in few hands.
Evo Morales
Image
I learned that the political is above the legal, that's why when my advisors tell me, Evo, what you are doing is illegal, I say, if it is illegal, then do it legal, you have studied for that.
Evo Morales
Image
I am not accustomed to protocol.
Evo Morales
Image
In Bolivia, the middle class, intellectuals and the self-employed are proud of their Indian roots. Unfortunately, some oligarchic groups continue to treat us as being inferior.
Evo Morales
Image
I'm much more convinced that the hierarchy comes from the monarchy, and that the hierarchy stays apart from the oligarchy. So the oligarchy is hurtful to the majority in Bolivia.
Evo Morales
Image
Almost everyone is bald. And thats because of what they eat.
Evo Morales
Image
We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end.
Evo Morales
Image
The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.
Evo Morales
Image
The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.
Evo Morales
Image
Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment.
Evo Morales
Image
I have a lot of hope for the Constituent Assembly.
Evo Morales
Image
I never wore a tie voluntarily, even though I was forced to wear one for photos when I was young and for official events at school. I used to wrap my tie in a newspaper, and whenever the teacher checked I would quickly put it on again. I'm not used to it. Most Bolivians don't wear ties.
Evo Morales
Image
For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.
Evo Morales
Image
The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America.
Evo Morales