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.

Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.

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.

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.

If you go into the Ecuadorian Amazon and you stick your hand in the ground, what you get is oil sludge. The oil companies continue doing whatever they please.

To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.

A daily newspaper should report the news, not play at geopolitics.

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.

I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.

The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation.

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.

Choose your audience wisely, for its not your performance that varies but their response is what matters!

I'm independent and strong, but sometimes...just sometimes, it's nice to be taken case of. It's nice to be made to feel like a lady

There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described.

I learned failure early and mastered it.

One day we're going to watch people fight to the death, like Roman times. Instead of being in a coliseum, we're going to watch it on TV.

I have done nothing wrong.

I was homeless for a little bit. I was on people's couches, but it was an amazing journey. I got to make people laugh all the way.

Do not try to do everything. Do one thing well.