Because women get more labor rights than men, meaning they get maternity leave, the employer prefers to hire men.

This cowardly business of international NGOs like WWF and so many others from England sticking their noses into Brazil is going to end!

I ask myself, 'Why can't a truck driver have the right to carry a gun?' Just think about it; put yourself in the shoes of a truck driver. He nods off at the petrol station... and when he wakes up the next day, his spare tyre has gone.

We will never resolve serious national problems with this irresponsible democracy.

We will reduce the tax burden, simplify tax rules, and make life easier for those who want to produce, do business, invest, and create jobs.

This history of a secular state doesn't exist, no. The state is Christian, and those who are against it can leave.

I would not board a plane piloted by a quota beneficiary or be operated on by a quota doctor.

I believe that a strong man makes a strong country.

I will not accept an election result that is not my own victory.

I prefer a prison full of criminals than a graveyard full of innocent people.

It's these leftwing people, who always put themselves above the rest, who are fascists.

This idea of, oh, poor little black person, oh, poor little poor person, oh, poor little woman, oh, poor little indigenous person - everybody's a poor little something! I don't try and please everybody.

My heart is green, yellow, blue, and white.

I'd rather my son died in an accident than showed up with some bloke with a moustache.

I vote for every privatization bill that I can. It is the Left that opposes privatization. They just want to preserve their government jobs.

Real democracy is food on the table, the ability to plan your life, the ability to walk on the street without getting mugged.

Good citizens deserve the means to defend themselves.

We seek to better integrate Brazil into the world... and eliminate unfair trade practices and uncertainty for foreign trade flows.