Carlos Mesa's Quotes

Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.

I have reached a limit in my work.

I want Bolivians to support their president.

I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.

The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.

I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia's number one servant. Servant - one who serves the nation, not one whom the nation serves.

My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.

We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state serves the citizens.

Croatia did not want Europe to be divided as to the start of Croatia's EU entry talks.

He was driven by the idea that when Milosevic grabs a part of Bosnia, Croatia should get a piece of it, too.

The army did what Milosevic's regime asked of it, which was to create a 'Greater Serbia'.

The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms.

I think we can find a formula that would be to everyone's satisfaction, which would make it possible for Croatia to take some more steps and for Europe to accept us into its midst, and for the talks to start.

We are three countries that emerged from the former Yugoslavia - countries that are now in transition and must cooperate with each other, because our economies depend on each other.