"I was one of the first women to occupy a slot in the Legislative Assembly of this city. Presidió el Consejo Estatal de la Condición Femenina; I was coordinator of the Education, Culture and Environment Committee."

"Funded the State Council for Women's Conditions in the State of São Paulo and coordinated the State Commission for Education, Culture and Environment in the State of São Paulo"

"Participated in movements to support women in his country."

"I was a feminist leader and fought for social rights in Brazil."

"I was a refugee in Paris, France. He died in Río de Janeiro on December 27, 2012."

"How many more will have to die for this war against the poor to be over?"

"It is not by chance that when arriving in the favelas … the police quickly hoist a [Brazilian] flag as a signal of territorial control. That is because these territories are seen … as the enemy’s territory."

"Eu sou porque nós somos (I am because we are)"

"The roses of resistance bloom from asphalt. We receive roses, but we will be with a clenched fist talking about our place of existence against the commands and abuses that affect our lives."

"I will not be interrupted. I will not put up with interruption from a citizen who comes here and does not know how to listen to the position of an elected woman!"

"From a young age, Marielle stood out from the crowd. She was a natural leader at school, at the church and in the projects she took part in. She was involved in community vegetable gardens, college preparatory courses for the underprivileged and movements against violence, always with the aim of helping others. She believed that collective organization based on solidarity could change the world. Doing things for others made her feel good."

"They took Marielle from us, but they couldn't take away what Marielle means."

"I didn't want her to be a flag, a slogan. She is missed and we really miss Mari's joy, strength, bravery, brilliance."

"Before Marielle was killed, not a lot of people knew of her. But now the whole world knows about her, and the truth is that, in death, Marielle was able to touch so many more people than she was when she was alive."

"I think she was becoming a menace. She may have come from the bottom, but she was growing more and more influential. She defended minorities and spoke her mind fearlessly. They wanted to shut her up before she went further."

"Marielle was the kind of person who was extremely confrontational with the powerful but really respectful with people in weaker positions, like, for example, the cleaning people or service people. She was such a force of nature that when I first met her, I came away a bit shaken, a bit intimidated – and I’m not someone who’s easily intimidated."

"Minister Dilma Rousseff has a strong personality, a male side in the way in which she stamps her management."

"Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who do not value the Brazilian democracy. (...) I am proud to have lied. Lying under torture is not easy. In the face of torture, a person with dignity lies. Enduring torture is very difficult (...) The pain is unbearable; you can not imagine how. I am proud to have lied, because I saved my comrades from the same torture and from death."

"Reality has changed, and we changed with it. However, I never changed sides. I have always been on the side of justice, democracy and social equality."

"It'a an immense joy to be here today. I have received from millions of male and female Brazilians the most important mission of my life. This fact, beyond myself, is a demonstration of the democratic development of our country because for the first time a woman will rule Brazil."

"We cannot rest while Brazilians are going hungry, while families are living in the streets, while poor children are abandoned to their own fates and while crack and crack dens rule."

"If today is Children's Day, yesterday I said that child... the children's day is mother's day, father's day and teachers' day, but is also the day of the animals. Whenever you look at a child, there is always a hidden figure, which is a dog behind, which is something very important."

"There is no more significant geopolitical consequence today than the growing strategic partnership between China and Russia. Ironically, it is precisely the maximum US pressure on Russia and the containment of China that played a key role in bringing the two countries closer together. The economic sanctions stemming from Russia’s annexation of Crimea and now the war in Ukraine are strengthening a new geopolitical pole, and accelerating changes that would only come slowly."

"It’s different now. The problem is more serious and more complex, but we have more experience and we know how to do it,”"

"The acute threat of the climate crisis, which has brought record heat to many South American countries, meant the summit had to be more than a show of unity; it needed to produce concrete and continuous results to ensure the Amazon did not reach a point where it starts to dry up and die off, which scientists have warned is drawing closer."

"Recognises the role of tropical forest conservention for biodiversity, carbon sequestion and cooling, as well as its importance for social and economic development""

"I hope the next minister is not as radical as Marina. She was an obstacle to economic development in Brazil."

"The main reason is the decision of Lula to aim for zero deforestation. Since then, we have created new conservation units and indigenous territories that have produced some results … Now we need to move towards a new model of prosperity that is less predatory, less damaging to local people and the forest."