Thought For The Day: President José Mujica

We apply a very simple principle: to recognize the facts. Abortion is as old as the world... Same-sex marriage, please, it's older than the world. We had Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, please. To say it is modern? Please. It's older than all of us. It is a matter of objective reality. For us, not to legalize it would torture some people unnecessarily. Our criterion is making only one organisation of facts already existing.

José Mujica, president of Uruguay, the former guerilla fighter who has overseen the legalisation of abortion, marijuana, and gay marriage. O Globo. Tried to change the economy, too, but best not talk about that.

Dude.