Chilean Politician Quotes

Salvador Allende

Augusto Pinochet

Miguel Enríquez

Jorge Vargas González

What is necessary is for workers and the left to obtain all the lessons the Chilean experience can offer, so that we never again make these errors. That's why I maintain, that in Chile the left has not failed, socialism has not failed, nor has the revolution failed, nor have workers failed. What came to a tragic end in Chile was the reformist illusion of modifying socio-economic structures and making revolutions before the pasive consent of those to be most affected: the ruling classes.

Miguel Enríquez

We already had success in creating a democratic, national government that is revolutionary and popular. That is how socialism begins, not with decrees.

Salvador Allende

I am going to die. The person who succeeds me also would die. But elections, you won't have.

Augusto Pinochet

I always said that it was going to be beautiful that Paulina [Nin] presented me as entertainer and I sang.

Jorge Vargas González