“Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to p...” — Óscar Arias Quote

“Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.”

“It's not fair for the U.S. to spend, on arms and weapons, so much money and then not spend on health care the money that is needed.”

“An overall trend of political moderation in Latin America makes for far less interesting headlines, but it also makes for far better lives for our people.”

“Almost nobody believes anymore that infants are insensate blobs. It seems both mad and evil to deny experience and feeling to a laughing, gurgling creature.”

“The government believes that we will need to take the step of enshrining the Paris goal for net zero emissions in U.K. law. The question is not whether but how we do it.”

“We are not a monolithic group of individuals, not every single person believes the exact same thing.”