“The reality is fuck the animals, fuck biodiversity, fuck the laws, and long live construction," [Ricardo Freitas] said. "All of this is being done because some people will make a lot of money, and ...”

“This was about more than semantics; it represented a dangerous shift in perspective.Rio was not at war, I pointed out; and even if it were, wars have rules.”

“You kill one, there was another in his place, and what's worse, his nephew now hated you, his friend now hated you. . . . There was no end.”

“It didn't take much prompting for Cariocas who were sick of living with violence to advocate violence as a solution.”

“Really, what is the law when it stands in the way of what the government wants to do?”

“Rape is something very obscene and this act must always be intervened by authorities, so victims will not end up suffering from a post traumatic disorder.”

“War is what happens when language fails.”

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”

“The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”