I'm just sick of the way things are. We're in an age in which we can't live without accepting the logic of the market. Contemporary politics is all about short-term pragmatism. We have abandoned religion and philosophy... What we have left is the automatisation of doing what the market tells us.

I have the goal of getting together 30 or 40 poor kids and bringing them to live with me.

Any North American state is more important than Uruguay, in dimensions, in its economic force.

A lot of people like a lot of money. They shouldn't go into politics.

While no famine has ever taken place in a democracy, they're the rule rather than the exception in socialist countries.

For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.

That more women are getting involved in politics - either by running for office, managing campaigns or voting - is a great thing.