"Only an organized and conscious people can bring about a different kind of society."
"I still believe in what I believed in for 20 years as a Socialist in Parliament, and being a Socialist is not the same as being a utopian."
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Salvador Allende
Politician
Salvador Allende was a Chilean politician and the first Marxist to be elected president in a liberal democracy, known for his efforts toward social reform.
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"Every country has its own reality and its own leaders, and the leaders act in accordance with their reality."
"I have experience and I am employing it in the service of a Chilean road for Chile's problems. We always take advantage of experience wherever it comes from, but adapting it to our reality. I am putting it to use in a Chilean way, for the problems of Chile. We are not anyone's mental colonists."
"If the U.S. is going to defend itself, why shouldn't we do the same? We only want to be treated equally, nothing more."
"First fulfill your academic obligations and then you will have the right to call yourself a leader of the left."
"People can progress only by working and producing more."