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Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.

Michelle Bachelet

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Michelle Bachelet
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 29
Epidemiologist
Politician
President Of Chile
Surgeon
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
Victim
Hatred
Violence
Life
Reversing
Ravaged
Dedicated

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For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.
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The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
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I'm working for the women in the world, today that's my essential issue.
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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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When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation.
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Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.
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