“The objective of politics is always to build scenarios in which person...” — Fernando Haddad Quote

The objective of politics is always to build scenarios in which persons' horizons can be expanded evermore. Any political action that is aimed at restricting individuals' horizons is, as I see it, a regressive action in relation to the political values that I embrace.

A president with a pen in their hand is a very powerful person.

Brazil must resume and deepen Latin American integration.

In the nineties, the PT had wrongly decided to attribute its electoral failures to its virtues.

Lula's political culture translated into a government project that sought to include the poor in the budget with minimal efforts in terms of structural transformation. The inclusion of the poor would trigger the economy, creating a virtuous cycle of mass consumption market, increased tax collection, more investments, and more benefits.

I always embrace the worst-case scenario.

I just hope that people, women specifically, embrace that side of themselves that maybe is a little nuts or that society tells us is crazy.

I have an amazing spouse; we're a team. He works, and I work, and we sort of do this dance with each other so that we can be present to our kids. But I think the whole 'balance' thing is an illusion; we just embrace the imbalance.

When I look down at my pale, skinny body, I wonder why any woman would want to sleep next to it, let alone embrace it.

I think once a year it's good to look back at the history of Oscar and to embrace the great work that everybody's done this year and set it in place to the great work that's gone on before us.