Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Quotes

• It is not true that Pena is 20 points above me. It’s part of the management of the regime. They have control of the media, with few exceptions.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• In the last 15 years, only 500,000 jobs have been created per year. So from a long time ago, every year 700,000 Mexicans have only three routes to take: migration, the informal economy and the path to antisocial behavior.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• I would not apply the strategy of Calderon. I would look at the causes. Violence in Mexico has its origins in the lack of development and corruption.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• I will accept the results when the election is free and clean. I cannot accept fraud.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don’t do this, there is no hope.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• So from a long time ago, every year 700,000 Mexicans have only three routes to take: migration, the informal economy and the path to antisocial behavior.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• I cannot accept fraud.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• Violence in Mexico has its origins in the lack of development and corruption.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• We’re not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don’t want them meddling in ours.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses and lords of Mexico, nothing will change for the people on the bottom.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

• Without economic growth and job creation in Mexico, we won’t be able to confront the migratory phenomenon.

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (12)

Birth:	13th November, 1953
Nationality:	Mexican
Profession:	Politician

About

Andrés Manuel López Obrador was born in Macuspana, in the southern state of Tabasco. He  is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006 presidential election, representing the Coalition for the Good of All, a coalition led by the Party of the Democratic Revolution that includes the Convergence party and the Labor Party. He is the leader of the National Regeneration Movement  and was a candidate for 2012 presidential election, representing a coalition of the PRD, Labor Party and Citizens' Movement. He announced his resignation from the party on 9 September 2012.

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