Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must learn we… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Chile needs to unite behind the goals of reducing poverty and creating more equal opportunities so that everyone can benefit from what… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
I made an effort to ensure social safeguards. But our economy has to grow - and Chile, with a population of 17 million, cannot… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was doing work… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities,… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women. — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go. — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies. — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
There's full consensus in the military that women shouldn't be in person-to-person combat. I don't know if we have enough experience to know whether… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
