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José Mujica

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I am an austere president.
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Publicly, I've never talked about Argentina.
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I know prisons from the inside.
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No addiction is good.
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What’s sad is that an 80-year-old grandpa has to be the open-minded one. Old people aren’t old because of their age, but because of what’s in their heads. They are horrified at this, but they aren’t horrified at what’s happening in the streets?
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What was my great sin? To have revealed the private property of the bank – well if this is being a criminal, then maybe I’m a great criminal.
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The way the banks behave is frankly unbearable. I didn’t rob for me. I expropriated resources for a struggle. If I had robbed for myself that would be different.
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I never killed anyone because it wasn’t necessary. I could have killed.
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I have a way of life that I don’t change just because I am a president. I earn more than I need, even if it’s not enough for others. For me, it is no sacrifice, it’s a duty.
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Worse that drugs is drug trafficking. Much worse. Drugs are a disease, and I don’t think that there are good drugs or that marijuana is good. Nor cigarettes. No addiction is good. I include alcohol. The only good addiction is love. Forget everything else.
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