It is regrettable that still large parts of the population that have had access to higher education remain insensitive to the national reality. - João Goulart

"What threatens democracy is hunger, it is misery, it is the disease of those who have no resources to face it. These are the evils that can threaten democracy, but never the people in the public square in the use of their legitimate and democratic rights".

How long could we hold out? Where would we get the resources and fuel we needed? The handovers in Brazil were already guaranteed to receive the support of the United States. Only the civilians would be the big victims. And these are wonderful people, regardless of their political conviction. I would not have this right. Nor would I want to take on this enormous responsibility, which goes against my personal convictions.

Agrarian reform is not the whim of a government or the program of a party. It is the product of the pressing need of all the peoples of the world...