Fernando Henrique Cardoso
(1931-)

38th President of Brazil
2003 Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
The Elders

birthdate: June 18
birthplace:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

QUOTES

Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen’s possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations involved in life in society.

It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.

No place on earth is impervious to the effects of occurrences like climate change, infectious diseases, financial crisis, drug trade, or terrorism. They cut across national jurisdictions. Hence, the fallacy of autarchic solutions. Hence, the illusion that a single state or community could tame contemporary hazards on its own. Transnational problems require global responses.

Let us continue to strive together for a more inclusive, democratic, and peaceful future for us all.

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