Rafael Correa quotes

Rafael Correa is an Ecuadorian economist and politician who served as the President of Ecuador. His leadership was marked by significant social and economic reforms, as well as a focus on reducing poverty and inequality. He remains a prominent and controversial figure in Ecuadorian and Latin American politics. Here are 11 of his quotes:

To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending. (Rafael Correa)
Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life. View quote
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They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship and there's a government that has been fighting that dictatorship, the dictatorship of the media. View quote
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The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction. View quote
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What's the difference between a Republican and a Democrat? There is a greater difference between what I think in the morning and what I think in the afternoon than between those two parties. View quote
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We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail. View quote
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It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country. View quote
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After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required. View quote
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I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it. View quote
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We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom. View quote
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For the first time an oil producer country, Ecuador, where a third of the resources of the State depends on the exploitation of the above mentioned resources, resigns this income for the well-being of the whole humanity and invites the world to join efforts through a fair compensation, in order that together we lay the foundations for a more human and fair civilization. (Rafael Correa)