My father always said that Brazil is the place to 'make America,' and by 'make America' he meant the place to grow - to prosper.

My first word for the people of Brazil is the word 'confidence.' Confidence in the values that form the character of our people, the vitality of our democracy.

In South America, there is no more room for alternatives to democracy.

Protests are part of our democracy.

Had there not been these safety valves of political parties and elections, we may very well have had no way to change except forceful overthrow of government.

The labour of the farmers, no doubt is of greater value than the financial capacity of the government and non-government institutions which can only play a supportive role.

I'm a Republican. I'm probably not the cookie-cutter Republican that fits the litmus test of Republican Party politics. But I don't want to be that.

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to those who don't have children.