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Lula
(Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva)

(1945-)

President of Brazil
1984 Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights

birthdate: October 27
birthplace:
Caetés, Brazil

QUOTES

The fight against hunger and poverty is also predicated on the creation of a world order that accords priority to social and economic development.

Well-fed people can enhance their dignity, their health and their learning capacity. Putting resources into social programs is not expenditure. It is investment.

If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.

Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe

Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring security.War can only generate monsters: bitterness, intolerance, fundamentalism, and the damaging denial of current hegemonies.The poor must be given reasons to live, not to kill or die.

The true path to peace is shared development. If we do not want war to go global, justice must go global

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

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.

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

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

 


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