Quotes by Michelle Bachelet

About Michelle Bachelet:

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Socialist Party politician and the President of Chile since 11 March 2014. She previously served as President from 2006 to 2010, becoming the first woman in her country to do so. After leaving the presidency, she was appointed the first executive director of the newly created United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). In December 2013, Bachelet was re-elected as President of Chile with over 62% of the vote, bettering the 53.5% she obtained in 2006. She is the first person since 1932 to win the presidency of Chile twice in competitive elections.
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.

Michelle Bachelet

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

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Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to go toward greater equity. This country does not have a neoliberal economic model anymore. We have put in place a lot...

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You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.

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The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.

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As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.

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In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.

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I believe that if you want to fight inequality you have to do it starting at infancy.

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You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

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Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

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I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service.

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There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond to the needs and will of its people.

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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 of governance.

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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 women's lives, we need to deal with those root causes.

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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: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing.

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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 the safety of women and girls, change happens.

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My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I c...

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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 this is the right approach. But women can be elsewhere. We have mandatory military service in Chile. ...

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We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participati...

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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 nature ever to happen again, and I have dedicated an important part of my life to ensuring that and to the...

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Author Bio

  • NameMichelle Bachelet
  • Description34th & 36th President of Chile
  • AliasesVerónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
  • BornSeptember 29, 1951
  • CountryChile
  • ProfessionPolitician; Physician; Epidemiologist
  • AwardsForbes Magazine's List Of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Order Of Vytautas The Great; Order Of Australia; Order Of Isabella The Catholic; Doctor Honoris Causa