“I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.”
Michael Kinsley (1951) American political journalist, commentator television host
As quoted on Crossfire, CNN, Nov. 15, 1990.
“I learned that the political is above the legal, that’s why when my advisors tell me, Evo, what you are doing is illegal, I say, if it is illegal, then do it legal, you have studied for that”
Press conference Digital Journals in Spanish such as La Razón citing the article "Cuando la ley se convierte en una piedra en el zapato" or Libertad Digital "Evo Morales confiesa que da "pasos ilegales" en Bolivia para aplicar sus reformas."
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