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Josefina Vazquez Mota Quotes

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals – I’ve said it, and I repeat it – is no longer a politician but just another ‘capo.’

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

In terms of justice, the most important thing is not to be part of organized crime.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

I will be a president in a skirt, but I will wear the pants.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

We begin the path toward defeating Mexico’s real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

I want to be president because I have the sensitivity, as a woman, to listen. I’m a different candidate… different because I don’t belong to powerful, privileged groups, because I’m honest.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

I do not want to be president because I am a woman. Being a woman is important, but it’s not the most important. I want to be president because we have the talent and the platform and the vision of a Mexico that we want for all Mexicans, not only for a select few.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

Mexico is now a country where we have justice and a rule of law that didn’t exist here in past years.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

I am a woman, I am a housewife, I am a government official, I’ve been twice a government secretary, I’ve been leader of a parliamentary group, I am an economist.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

Little girls are taught to be dependent, incapable of valuing themselves in many aspects of their daily lives.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

Today I’m committed to take care of your families like I’ve taken care of mine. I want to make Mexico the best country to live in.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

One of the hardest questions I have been asked is ‘How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?’ I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

I’ve always put myself intensely into my work.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota

We have a circle of corruption and impunity that is too strong.

– Josefina Vazquez Mota