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The world will always need revolution. That doesn't mean shooting and violence. A revolution is when you change your thinking. Confucianism and Christianity were both revolutionary.
— Jose Mujica
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Jose Mujica
politician, farmer, draftsperson, partisan
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José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano was a Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was the minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as president on 1 March 2010.
All Quotes by Jose Mujica
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My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history.
— Jose Mujica
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There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.
— Jose Mujica