Miguel Enríquez Quote

The reformist illusion was paid for and is being paid for by the working class, its leaders and parties, which heroically and tragically defended it to the last moment, confirming in a dramatic fashion the phrase of the XVIII Century French revolutionary Louis de Saint-Just: "Those who make revolution half way only dig their own graves".


From an Interview Enríquez held shortly after the military coup of September 11, 1973 that ended the democratically elected Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende


The reformist illusion was paid for and is being paid for by the working class, its leaders and parties, which heroically and tragically defended it...

The reformist illusion was paid for and is being paid for by the working class, its leaders and parties, which heroically and tragically defended it...

The reformist illusion was paid for and is being paid for by the working class, its leaders and parties, which heroically and tragically defended it...

The reformist illusion was paid for and is being paid for by the working class, its leaders and parties, which heroically and tragically defended it...