All Michelle Bachelet Quotes
- You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. Beautiful
- During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to change… Accidental
- Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want events of that… All
- The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms… Current
- 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 on… Affection
- There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this… Backyard
- The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally. Development
- Chile needs to unite behind the goals of reducing poverty and creating more equal opportunities so that everyone can benefit from what the country has… Behind
- As women politicians, we talk about the most difficult themes of state security, foreign relations and development models, then ask, 'How do you make it… Ask
- Gender equality must become a lived reality Equality
- The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards. Compliance
- I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of… Born
- When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because… Benefits
- I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together. Agnostic
- As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to… All
- As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to… Asia
- As a vibrant force in civil society, women continue to press for their rights, equal participation in decision-making, and the upholding of the principles of… Civil
- As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for… Action
- Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your injury is dirty,… Clean
- By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially… Better
- Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and 'leaky pipelines'… Ahead
- 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 political-military… Chile
- Having more women in company boards, in senior management, supervisory positions and workers in the formal sector is not only the right thing to do,… Boards
- I wouldn't be honest if I told you that in some moment of my life I had a lot of rage - probably hate -… Any
- It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened:… Became