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Today it is time to give the government a new lease of life and this new phase which is as demanding as it is inspiring requires renovated energy and new faces.

Michelle Bachelet

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Michelle Bachelet
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 29
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President Of Chile
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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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I'm working for the women in the world, today that's my essential issue.
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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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Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.
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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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My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.
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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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Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.
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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.
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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 is not happening in my backyard.
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The challenge is for us to reinvigorate the relationship with the Chilean people and to give state institutions new legitimacy. But this is also a universal phenomenon. There's also disenchantment with politics in Europe.
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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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I wouldn't be honest if I told you that in some moment of my life I had a lot of rage - probably hate - I'm not sure of hate, but rage. But you know what happens is that then you realize you cannot do to others what you think nobody has to do to anybody. Life is important for me and not any kind of life, quality too of life.
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