Anibal Cavaco Silva quotes

“It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country,”
-- Anibal Cavaco Silva

Source : "Portugal president rejects call for snap elections". www.foxnews.com. July 21, 2013.

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“I was a brilliant student. I always try to be the best.”
-- Anibal Cavaco Silva

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“Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.”
-- Anibal Cavaco Silva

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“The savings rate in Italy is high, but the markets do not trust Italy even though it's the third largest economy in the European Union and the eighth in the world.”
-- Anibal Cavaco Silva

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“A president from a partner nation should not make comments on Italian politics.”
-- Anibal Cavaco Silva

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“Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.”
-- Anibal Cavaco Silva

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“After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal.”
-- Anibal Cavaco Silva

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“God requires no person to spend his or her life reiterating the gospel to people who will not receive it. He wants everyone to have an opportunity to hear. Then He would have us move on to other areas. The mistake of the church has been that she sits down to convert all the people in one country to the neglect of the great masses who have never had the chance to hear the gospel - not even once!”

“To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.”

“When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.”

“Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.”

“Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.”

“I think it's really important to live in the moment.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.

“Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.”

“You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.”

“After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal.”

“A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.”

Source : "TPG's Bonderman Sees Mega LBO Coming - $10-15B Deal". SuperReturn conference in Berlin, www.businessinsider.com. March 04, 2011.