A biography for Michel Temerhasn’t been written yet.
“When you have a new government assume power, everyone, without exception, has to work for the benefit of the common good.”
“Brazil has no parties, only acronyms.”
“Nobody is more capable to pointing out the unbalances in, let's say, supermarket prices than women.”
“I've heard, 'Temer is very fragile, poor little thing; he doesn't know how to govern.' Gibberish!”
“Oust me if you want, but if I stepped down, I would be admitting guilt.”
“Brazil's commitment to sustainable development is a deep-rooted one. It permeates our public policies and our actions abroad.”
“A president shouldn't tell the judiciary what to do.”
“I have confidence in the responsibility of those who occupy a seat in the legislature.”
“I am aware that if I do become the president, I, too, could be processed for any political wrongdoing.”
“We are leaders in hydropower and bioenergy.”
“Embraer is Brazilian. It represents Brazil very well abroad.”
“I don't need to make political gestures or take steps to get re-elected.”
“I realize I lack popular recognition.”
“I never authorized any payments for someone to be silent. I did not buy anyone's silence.”
“I want to construct a better country for each Brazilian: pacified, just, without hate or rancor.”
“Protests are part of our democracy.”
“Our inexorable destiny is to be a great nation.”
“The climate issue is for the state. It is an obligation for all governments.”
“Here in Brazil, the president and the vice president are elected together.”
“In South America, there is no more room for alternatives to democracy.”