List of political catchphrases

""Quid ..." – (what about ...) – Jean-Luc Dehaene - 2007"

""Só morto sairei do Catete"! ("Only dead I'll leave the Catete [Palace]!") - said by ex-president Getúlio Dornelles Vargas when he was being pressed by opposition parties to leave presidence."

""E se o Pitta não for um bom prefeito, nunca mais vote em mim". ("If Pitta can't be a good mayor, you should never vote for me again".) – said by Paulo Maluf in the campaign for the 1996 São Paulo city elections, where he supported Celso Pitta. Pitta was later involved in corruption scandals and served time in prison."

""Estuprem, mas não matem" ("Rape, but don´t kill.") Said by Paulo Maluf during his political campaign for mayor in the 80's."

""Relaxa e goza!" ("Relax and enjoy!") – said by Marta Suplicy at the peak of the 2006–2007 Brazilian aviation crisis, taken from an older, longer non-political popular saying, "Se a curra é inevitável, relaxa e goza" ("If the rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy"). The word "goza" comes from the verb "gozar" which, in formal Portuguese, means "to enjoy"; in colloquial Brazilian Portuguese, it may also mean "make fun of" or "to have an orgasm" (equalling to sexual verb "to cum"), the latter being somewhat impolite."

""Bebo-o porque é líquido. Se fosse sólido, comê-lo-ia" ("I drink it because it's liquid. If it were solid, I would eat it.") – said by Jânio Quadros when asked by a reporter why he used to drink. Quadros' use of embedded, implicit nouns ("-o" and "-lo-") make the phrase overly formal for modern political speech."

""Vagabundo! Vagabundo! Respeite o doente!" ("[You] Bum! [You] Bum! Respect sick [people]!") – said by Gilberto Kassab while throwing a protester out of a public hospital."

""Meus amigos e minhas amigas! Estou absolutamente convencido de que nunca antes na história deste país..." ("My friends! I am absolutely convinced that never before in the history of this country...") – said by Lula whenever he praises his own government."

""Brasil Acima de Tudo e Deus Acima de Todos"! ("Brazil Above Everything and God Above Everyone"!) - ex-President Jair Messias Bolsonaro's political motto."

""We shall be Canadians first, foremost, and always, and our policies will be decided in Canada and not dictated by any other country." John G. Diefenbaker"

""Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet", attributed to the campaign of Ernie Eves in reference to Dalton McGuinty."

""Let us be English or let us be French . . . and above all let us be Canadians." John A. Macdonald"

""Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly or even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt." Pierre Trudeau on the relationship between Canada and the United States"

""Fuddle duddle", said by Pierre Trudeau when attempting to explain away his use of profanity in the Canadian House of Commons."

""There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation." Pierre Trudeau, as justice minister, 1967."

""Just watch me." said by Pierre Trudeau in reference to the War Measures Act."

""I've been called worse things by better people." Pierre Trudeau,responding to remarks made about him by U.S. President Richard Nixon"

""Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die." said by Pierre Trudeau."

""Maîtres chez nous." (Masters of our own house) - a phrase coined by Le Devoir editor André Laurendeau, associated with La Révolution Tranquille (Quiet Revolution)."

""Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain." said by Pierre Trudeau."

""You had an option, sir." - said by Brian Mulroney to John Turner."

""Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary." Said by William Lyon Mackenzie King in the House of Commons on 10 June 1942, it reflected the federal government's ambiguous response to conscription in World War Two, which eventually led to the Conscription Crisis of 1944."

""I don't know... A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." said by Jean Chrétien"

""For me, pepper, I put it on my plate." - Jean Chrétien, in response to a question by Nardwuar the Human Serviette regarding Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers pepper-spraying protesters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit."

""Gentlemen, we must all realize that neither side has any monopoly on sons of bitches." said by C.D. Howe while in Washington, D.C. to resolve a shipping dispute."

""Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong... Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words." by John Diefenbaker."

""Billion dollar boondoggle!" – said by Preston Manning"

""I know I won't be Prime Minister. Three of you won't be Prime Minister. Some of you know it, but don't say it." Gilles Duceppe, during the 2008 English-language debate"

""Where's your platform? Under the sweater?" Jack Layton to Stephen Harper, during the 2008 English-language debate, in reference to Harper's image in Conservative advertisements."

""我这里准备了一百口棺材，九十九口留给贪官，一口留给自己！" (I've prepared 100 coffins. 99 for corrupt officials and one for myself.), said by Zhu Rongji, Premier 1998–2003."

""你们啊！You are all too young, too simple, sometimes naive! 係唔係啊？" (A mixture of Mandarin, English and Cantonese, in that order, meaning "You... You are all too young, too simple, sometimes naive! Isn't that right?") Said by Jiang Zemin, President 1993–2003, in response to a Hong Kong reporter."

""不管白猫黑猫，逮住老鼠就是好猫。" (No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.) Said by Deng Xiaoping, in reference to economic liberalization."

""Tenemos que reducir la corrupción a sus justas proporciones" ("We must to reduce the corruption to its fair proportions") as said by former president Julio César Turbay Ayala."

""América Latina debe seguir el modelo de educación de Estados Unidos, que permite que los niños desde muy temprana edad manejen el idioma inglés." ("Latin America must follow the America's education model, that allows children to handle the English language from a very early age") as said by the former president Julio César Turbay Ayala."

""Yo no estoy a favor ni en contra, sino todo lo contrario" ("I'm not in favor nor against, but quite the opposite") as said by former president Julio César Turbay Ayala."

""Las encuestas son como las morcillas: muy sabrosas hasta que uno sabe cómo las hacen". ("Statistics are like blood sausage: they are delicious until you find out how they're made") as said by former presidential candidate Álvaro Gómez Hurtado."

""Colombianos, bienvenidos al futuro" ("Colombians, welcome to the future") as said by former president César Gaviria Trujillo."

""Aquí estoy y aquí me quedo" ("Here I am, and here I stay") as said former president Ernesto Samper Pizano."

""Si entró dinero del narcotráfico en mi campaña presidencial, en todo caso fue a mis espaldas". ("If there was money from the drug traffic in my presidential campaign, it was behind my back") as said former president Ernesto Samper Pizano."

""¡Mamola!" ("No way!") as said by Horacio Serpa."

""Dejen jugar al moreno" ("Allow the colored to play") as said by Carlos Moreno de Caro for the counselor campaign of Bogota."

""Trabajar, trabajar y trabajar" ("To work, to work and to work") as said by Álvaro Uribe Vélez in his presidential speeches."

""Y si lo veo, le voy a dar en la cara, marica" ("And if I see you, I'll hit you on the face, you faggot") as president Álvaro Uribe Vélez said in an intercepted phone call."

""No más sangre, no más depredaciones en nombre de ningún partido político: paz, justicia y libertad" ("Not more blood, not more pillagings in the name of any political party: peace, justice and freedom") as said from former president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in 1953."

""Der er ikke fejet noget ind under gulvtæppet" ("Nothing has been swept under the rug"), Poul Schlüter Danish Prime Minister in 1989."

""Jeg kan slå Anders Fogh" ("I can beat Anders Fogh"), Helle Thorning-Schmidt, when elected leader of the Danish Social Democrats in 2004."

""Ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed. Der er intet men." ("Freedom of speech is freedom of speech is freedom of speech. There is no 'but'.") Per Nyholm about the cartoons in the Jyllands-Posten."

""La Constitución es sólo un pedazo de papel." (The Constitution is just a piece of paper.) Joaquín Balaguer in 1994."

""El problema del dengue se resuelve si cada dominicano mata diez mosquitos diarios." (Dengue issues can be solved if each Dominican kills ten mosquitoes per day.) José Rodríguez Soldevila, former Minister of Health."

""Hay que pasar el invierno." ("We have to endure through winter.") — Said in 1960 by Minister of Economy Álvaro Alsogaray, referring to the hardships required to get through the economic troubles in the country at a time of wanting of gas."