I prefer a prison full of criminals than a graveyard full of innocent people.

I believe that a strong man makes a strong country.

I vote for every privatization bill that I can. It is the Left that opposes privatization. They just want to preserve their government jobs.

It doesn't matter what the colour of your skin is, your sexual preference, the region where you were born, your gender. We're all equal... We can't take certain minorities and think they have super powers and are different from the others.

I know what hierarchy and discipline mean. Without those, we will never have order and progress.

I'd rather my son died in an accident than showed up with some bloke with a moustache.

Every honest citizen, man or woman, if they want to have a weapon in their homes - depending on certain criteria - should be able to have one.

I have five children. There were four boys. The fifth, I got weak, and a girl came.

We are going to unite this people. We will unite whites and blacks, homosexuals and heterosexuals... We will unite bosses and employees, and we won't plant the seed of discord between them.

I am in favour of a dictatorship.

We will reduce the tax burden, simplify tax rules, and make life easier for those who want to produce, do business, invest, and create jobs.

Real democracy is food on the table, the ability to plan your life, the ability to walk on the street without getting mugged.

If anyone interferes into the private life of two people, I will defend the right of those two people between their four walls. That is no problem.

It saddens me to see the entrepreneurial world in Brazil, because it's a misfortune to be a boss in our country, with so many labor laws.

Because women get more labor rights than men, meaning they get maternity leave, the employer prefers to hire men.

China is taking over Brazil, and that is worrying. They are investing in mining, agriculture, energy, ports, and airports.

All of us have a mission here on Earth.

It's these leftwing people, who always put themselves above the rest, who are fascists.

We are going to unite the people, rescue the family, respect religions and our Judeo-Christian tradition, combat gender ideology, conserving our values.

We will invest heavily in safety and security... preserve the environment... make progress on biodiversity and economic progress.

We are going to change the destiny of Brazil.

This history of a secular state doesn't exist, no. The state is Christian, and those who are against it can leave.

We are going to change Brazil!

My heart is green, yellow, blue, and white.

Israel is a sovereign state. If you decide on your capital city, we will act in accordance.

A country the size of Brazil can't be held back by Mercosur to do trade with the rest of the world.

We can't continue with this social democracy here in Brazil.

If Congress grants permission, I would put armed forces in the streets.

We distrust the electronic vote here.

I took over a Brazil in the midst of a profound ethical, moral, and economic crisis. We are committed to changing our history... We want to govern by example.

If I were racist, I wouldn't be so crazy as to declare it on television.

I will not accept an election result that is not my own victory.

You do not negotiate with terrorists.

If we are competing in elections, it's because we believe in the popular vote and will be slaves to our constitution.

What we need is a government with authority but without authoritarianism.

Brazil is a paradise.

We will never resolve serious national problems with this irresponsible democracy.

Everywhere I go, people embrace me and treat me like a national hero. The people in the streets are asking for the return of the military. They ask, 'When are you coming back?'

We do not want a Bolivarian America.

No other country in the world has as many forests as we do.

Good citizens deserve the means to defend themselves.

We will do business with the Chinese - but we will not hand our territory over to anybody!

This cowardly business of international NGOs like WWF and so many others from England sticking their noses into Brazil is going to end!

We cannot allow the indiscriminate entry of all those who come here only because they wanted to come.

You'll never change anything in this country through voting. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Those who didn't vote for me don't need to worry - they won't be persecuted.

We are taking over a completely broken Brazil. We've never had such a major ethical, moral, and economic crisis, and we want to get out of this quagmire.

I ask myself, 'Why can't a truck driver have the right to carry a gun?' Just think about it; put yourself in the shoes of a truck driver. He nods off at the petrol station... and when he wakes up the next day, his spare tyre has gone.

More than safeguarding someone's life, firearms safeguard the freedom of a people.

In Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil, those who disrespect the law will feel the weight of that very same law.