This article is about the South American country. For the 1985 film, seeBrazil (film).
Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us. ~Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
The crimson monads of the deep, The flying-fish with fitful leap, Assai palms of matchless grace, The giant in the vine’s embrace,— These were his books while journeying on To read the unknown Amazon.
We must not forget that the world needs to be fed.France andGermany, for example, use more than 50% of their territories foragriculture, while Brazil only uses 8% of its land for food production. 61% of our territory is preserved! Our policy is zero tolerance forcrime, includingenvironmental crimes. I reiterate that any initiative to help or support the preservation of theAmazon rainforest, or other biomes, must be treated in full respect of Brazilian sovereignty. We also reject attempts to instrumentalize environmental issues orindigenous policy in favor of foreign political and economic interests, especially those disguised as good intentions. We are ready to harness our full potential sustainably through partnerships and added value.
Jair Bolsonaro, Speech at the 74th UN General Assembly. Statement by Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. United Nations PaperSmart (24 September 2019).
Brazil is safer and more welcoming today. We have just extended visa exemptions to countries such as the United States, Japan, Australia and Canada, and we are currently considering the adoption of similar measures for China and India, among others. With more safety and convenience, we want everyone to be able to visit Brazil, and particularly our Amazon rainforest, with all its vastness and natural beauty. The Amazon is not being destroyed nor consumed by fire, as the media is falsely portraying. Each one of you may check what I am saying. Do not hesitate to visit Brazil. It is way different than the country portrayed in manynewspapers andtelevision shows.
Jair Bolsonaro, Speech at the 74th UN General Assembly. "Statement by Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil",United Nations PaperSmart (24 September 2019)
I've been impressed with the greatness of Brazil. I've seen the compatibility between your own people and ours—the origins of your country; the struggle forfreedom againstcolonial rule; the courage, the tenacity, the dedication that was required in our country and yours to explore new frontiers, to carve out for ourselves a better life, a greater life, and a position of leadership throughout the whole world.
Inflation is bad forgrowth—this has become one of the most widely accepted economic nostrums of our age. But see how you feel about it after digesting the following piece of information. During the 1960s and the 1970s, Brazil's average inflation rate was 42% a year. Despite this, Brazil was one of the fastest growing economies in the world for those two decades—itsper capita income grew at 4.5% a year during this period. In contrast, between 1996 and 2005, during which time Brazil embraced theneo-liberal orthodoxy, especially in relation tomacroeconomic policy, its inflation rate averaged a much lower 7.1% a year. But during this period,per capita income in Brazil grew at only 1.3% a year. If you are not entirely persuaded by the Brazilian case—understandable, given thathyperinflation went side by side with low growth in the 1980s and the early 1990s—how about this? During its 'miracle' years, when its economy was growing at 7% a year in per capita terms, [South] Korea had inflation rates close to 20%-17.4% in the 1960s and 19.8% in the 1970s. These were rates higher than those found in several Latin American countries ... Are you still convinced that inflation is incompatible with economic success?
Ha-Joon Chang,Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008), Ch. 7: 'Mission impossible?; Can financial prudence go too far?',There is inflation and there is inflation, p. 149
Brazil is my way to see the world. Being born in that country means: "you don't have a wall separating the physical reality from the magical reality."
“I want to find out who is supplying items to agovernment agency. Is there an easy way to find out?” Thelibrarian folded his handkerchief into a square on his palm before he answered. “This is Brazil. There is no easy way to find out anything.”
Brazil, an intense dream. A vivid ray of love and hope descends to earth. ~Osório Duque-EstradaBrazil is bigger than Europe, wilder than Africa, and weirder than Baffin Land. ~Lawrence Durrell
An utterhumiliation for Brazil, just got worse! ... A devastated Brazil; a devastated nation.
I've been actually visiting Brazil frequently for the last period, and Brazil is now on the cusp of some major breakthroughs with respect toracism. I think that they have the opportunity to choose whether to follow the example of theUS andSouth Africa
Angela Davis,Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement (2015)
Brasil, um sonho intenso, um raio vívido De amor e de esperança à terra desce.
Brazil, an intense dream, a vivid ray of love and hope to earth descendeth.
In Brazil we have a saying, 'You're married, but you're not dead'. ~Izabel GoulartIt is a subject for congratulation that the great Empire of Brazil has taken the initiatory step toward the abolition ofslavery. Our relations with that Empire, always cordial, will naturally be made more so by this act. ~Ulysses S. Grant
[T]he Brazilian mindset was forged byslavery above any other thing.Slavery existed, unchallenged, for a long time (about three or four centuries, depending on place) and laid deep roots. These roots are everywhere... So, considering all these impacting aspects, we can say, quite safely, that Brazil is still struggling to leave behind the heavy burden of slavery, that still hinders its progress towards the future.
It is a subject for congratulation that the greatEmpire of Brazil has taken the initiatory step toward theabolition of slavery. Our relations with that Empire, always cordial, will naturally be made more so by this act. It is not too much to hope that the Government of Brazil may hereafter find it for its interest, as well as intrinsically right, to advance toward entire emancipation more rapidly than the present act contemplates.
This place is great. Really comfortable. I'm just going to get settled in. Time to move on. Get on with my life. Yes, absolutely. Now , like I said, it was a long time ago. Let it go. Seriously. Definitely more my style thanPanama or Hoboken, I guess. No. If I'm honest, I just got kind of bored of boozing.
Brazil, I know is the possessor of a fine tradition of political freedom and stability, and of social and religious tolerance. It also has a rich cultural heritage, great natural resources, an already very substantial industrial base and internal market, and a highly talented people. The remarkable progress made in the last thirty years, with the creation in Brazil of the greatest industrial center in Latin America, provides solid ground for confidence that all the elements exist for an even more brilliant early future.
Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Dialogue with the President of Brazil on Global Governance at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (January 26, 2003)
What we are told of the inhabitants of Brazil, that they never die but of old age, is attributed to the tranquility and serenity of their climate; I rather attribute it to the tranquility and serenity of theirsouls, which are free from all passion, thought, or any absorbing and unpleasant labors. Those people spend their lives in an admirable simplicity and ignorance, without letters, without law, without king, without any manner of religion.
By "Mongrel Complex" I mean the inferiority in which Brazilians put themselves, voluntarily, in comparison to the rest of the world. Brazilians are the reverseNarcissus, who spit in their own image. Here is the truth: we can't find personal or historical pretexts for self-esteem.
Writing in the 1950s, the playwrightNelson Rodrigues saw his countrymen as afflicted with a sense of inferiority, and he coined a phrase that Brazilians now use to describe it: "the mongrel complex". Brazil has always aspired to be taken seriously as a world power by the heavyweights, and so it pains Brazilians that world leaders could confuse their country with Bolivia, as Ronald Reagan once did, or dismiss a nation so large – it has 180 million people – as "not a serious country", asCharles de Gaulle did.
The history of Brazil in many respects parallelsthat of the United States. Both are nations which have carvedcivilizations out of thewilderness. Both have been endowed with great natural resources and both have been developed by people whose dominant motive isfreedom.
With clearer light, Cross of the South, shine forth In blue Brazilian skies; And thou, O river, cleaving half the earth From sunset to sunrise, From the great mountains to the Atlantic waves Thy joy’s long anthem pour.
Whereas our old world is more than ever ruled by the insane attempt to breed people racially pure, like race-horses and dogs, the Brazilian nation for centuries has been built upon the principle of a free and unsuppressed miscegenation… It is moving to see children of all colours – chocolate, milk, and coffee – come out of their schools arm-in-arm... There is no colour-bar, nosegregation, no arrogant classification... for who here would boast of absolute racial purity?
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