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10 Questions: Mário Soares - Former President of the Portuguese Republic 1986-1996 (Portugal)

posted by Salla Sorri at 10h12 GMT on Aug 27

Who would you vote for as a prsident of the world?

It's hard to answer. To date, as far as I know, no one ran for that position.

Is there something wrong with democracy?I think not. Democracy has great moral endurance. It has defeated 2 terrorisms already: Communism and Nazi-Fascism.

Who rules the World?
Economic interests, I think. They play a big part at least.

Why bother to vote?
It is a civic duty. In democracy, it is a civic duty.

Are women more democratic that men?
I don't think so. I believe in equality of the sexes, in this and in many other aspects.

Is god democratic?
I'm not sure one exists; much less whether it has political leanings.

Is democracy good for everyone?
No doubt about it. Excepting, evidently, dictators and their apprentices.

What would make you to start a revolution?
A dictatorship. Being faced with a dictatorship. It's what happened in Portugal before the Revolution of the Carnations.

Are dictators ever good?
No, I think it cannot be. Dictators are always bad. Some are worse, some less bad, but always bad.

Can democracy solve a climat change?
I'm absolutely confident. So long as there is common sense and political clear sight, I'm confident that it will.