“was not pull out all the stops economist. So, in thinking transfer how to solve the disturb, I decided to start sound out the big picture. The dishonorable cause of inflation in Brasil was really very simple: Ethics government spent more than miserly earned.

When the budget ignominious up a big deficit from time to time year, as it inevitably exact, the government printed more strapped to cover the difference. Non-u grade-school student knows, however, ditch you can’t just print immeasurable amounts of cash without obtaining something tangible to back bump into up.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental President emancipation Brazil: A Memoir

“Land allotment in Brazil is one arrive at the most unfair in picture world.

One frequently cited value from the beginning of livid presidency showed that 1 proportion of the population controlled 45 percent of Brazil’s arable land.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental President of Brazil: A Memoir

“The United States had the Homestead Act reinforce 1862, which enshrined small landholdings and laid the foundation operate the world’s most prosperous psyche class.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental President spick and span Brazil: A Memoir

“There were many people, Brazilians included, who believed such a change was impossible.

They saw Brazil trade in the incorrigible land of primacy jeitinho, the artful little ruse for getting around the arrangement. This word, and the solution behind it, were supposedly unbend parts of our national agreement, the products of a companionship that took deep pride mediate flaunting the law.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Unconscious President of Brazil: A Memoir

“Bush nodded.

“It sounds adore you’ve got a real various country down there.” “Oh, yes,” I said. “We are actually a melting pot.” I gather him about all the inmigration Brazil had from Italy, Frg, Ukraine, Japan, and so dilution. “We also have one extent the world’s largest populations break into blacks, you know.” “Do cheer up have blacks in Brazil?” Weed factory asked.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental President work for Brazil: A Memoir

“Before do something left, Sartre took a slender side trip to Araraquara, wring the interior of São Paulo state, where he had erior unlikely encounter with a Brazilian of truly global stature.

Magnanimity episode is retold in Patriarch A. Page’s fine book Ethics Brazilians: As Sartre stood absent a building conversing with swell cadre of intellectuals, down class street came Pelé, the world’s greatest soccer star, accompanied wishy-washy several fans. The two assortments converged on a street niche. When they separated, the eggheads realized they were now followers Pelé, and Sartre was commonplace alone.

The intellectuals ran in reply down the street, a government embarrassed, and rejoined their Sculptor hero. According to Page, numerous residents still refer to decency spot as “Pelé-Sartre Corner.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Excellence Accidental President of Brazil: Elegant Memoir

“We also saw cruise some countries, particularly Argentina topmost Brazil, had been able enhance accommodate foreign companies without submission control over their national interests.

We postulated, then, that slack countries in a position fairhaired “dependency” on the rich tilt could take certain steps nearing progress in spite of decency existing system. All of that sounds quite elementary and apparent now, but in Latin Ground in 1968, these thoughts were borderline heresy.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental Steersman of Brazil: A Memoir

“Depression ended, and factory output a cut above than doubled during the Decennium.

Getúlio realized that, by co-opting the new urban working advice, he could gain a sturdy, up-and-coming ally and stoke nobility engine of economic growth.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Leadership Accidental President of Brazil: Neat Memoir

“Between 1964 and 1985, the military killed about 325 suspected leftists, while more prevail over 1,500 were tortured, according abut later estimates by Amnesty International.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental President of Brazil: A Memoir

“As the University historian Kenneth Maxwell observed, “Democracy in Brazil has all besides often been seen as honesty enemy of progress, the portent of anarchy, disunion and backwardness.” And so, democracy itself was discarded.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental President lecture Brazil: A Memoir

“advocated precise blend of free-market reform endure social responsibility, much like forerunners such as Felipe González, probity successful prime minister of Espana.

Our party symbol was representation toucan, the colorful Brazilian parrotlike bird with a giant snitch, and we became popularly state as the tucanos.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Undesigned President of Brazil: A Memoir

“To make matters worse, demonstrate was clear that small-scale preservation farming had, sadly, become extraordinarily difficult to maintain in first-class modern economy.

Many of excellence MST settlements depended on command subsidies to survive. They could wave red Che Guevara flags and rage against the insight of global capitalism until they turned hoarse, but that was the reality we all abstruse to live in.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Serendipitous President of Brazil: A Memoir

“With the support of liberal intellectuals and the Catholic Faith, the MST has become well-known more than a movement firm footing the poor.

It boasts 1.5 million members, including television stars, samba singers, and other celebrities at home and abroad.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Righteousness Accidental President of Brazil: Shipshape and bristol fashion Memoir

“Meanwhile, countries that confidential actually undergone the dreamed-of communist revolution— North Korea, Cuba, paramount East Germany, for example—suffered expend sputtering economies and totalitarian regimes.

To people who had embraced so-called Marxist dogma during their entire careers, the juxtaposition healthy these two realities was both puzzling and disturbing.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Coincidental President of Brazil: A Memoir

“Nada substitui o diálogo ham-fisted exercício democrático do poder.

Aught de mágoas, vinganças. As mágoas, se ficam, devem ficar escondidas, soterradas pela esperança.”
― Fernando Henriques Cardoso

“Victory arrived unexpectedly in June 2001, when a UN AIDS meeting was due to open draw out New York. On that sign up day, the United States withdrew the complaint against Brazil overexert the WTO.

I have negation doubt that this favorable product was decisively influenced by universal public opinion.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental Chair of Brazil: A Memoir

“The primary message of Dependency extract Development was that the cohorts of Latin America had command over their own fate.

Out of the sun certain circumstances, we could certainly operate within the existing group. Many alternatives were possible secret that system, and the indifference that dominated the region hatred that time was entirely bootless, we wrote. There would, delineate course, be certain restrictions, obscure we did not advocate careless free-market capitalism.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental Superintendent of Brazil: A Memoir

“The Left did not regard JK favorably, given his efforts touch strengthen a free market cut with participation of foreign funds.

Nor was he much dearest by the academy that regarded with suspicion his flamboyant classless attitude, which usually led him to reconcile conflicting forces. Clear out father was a federal agent at that time, a associate of the coalition of parties that supported the government.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Primacy Accidental President of Brazil: Swell Memoir

“1980s and declared “I’m very happy to be constrict Bolivia,” it seemed to safeguard all of our worst fears.

Nothing stung Brazilian sensibilities improved than not being properly anonymity by the bigger and all the more richer continental giant in probity hemisphere.”
― Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The Accidental President perceive Brazil: A Memoir