“I was a minister in the Frente Popular (Popular Front) government, one of the three in Chile during the Pedro Aguirre Cerda years, and I was as much a Socialist then as I am today.” YearsGovernmentTodayThreeFrontsMinistersSocialistChile Author:Salvador Allende
“I have always said to workers that they have to work hard, to produce more and better. In Chile, we need to achieve an average annual income of US$2,000, and to do that we need to increase production.” NeedsSaidHardAchieveProduceHard WorkIncreaseWorkersAverageProductionsIncomeAnnualsChile Author:Salvador Allende
“Chile is a country that sells cheap and buys expensive, because we have to pay for manufactured goods from countries at much higher levels of development.” CountryLevelsPayDevelopmentHigherSellsExpensiveGoodsHigher LevelChile Author:Salvador Allende
“I have been to Cuba many times. I have spoken many times with Fidel Castro and got to know Commander Ernesto Guevara well enough. I know Cuba's leaders and their struggle. It has been difficult to overcome the blockade. But the reality in Cuba is very different from that in Chile. Cuba came from a dictatorship, and I arrived at the presidency after being senator for 25 years.” DifferentRealityGovernmentDictatorshipCubaChile Author:Salvador Allende
“I have experience and I am employing it in the service of a Chilean road for Chile's problems. We always take advantage of experience wherever it comes from, but adapting it to our reality. I am putting it to use in a Chilean way, for the problems of Chile. We are not anyone's mental colonists.” WayUseProblemRealityAdvantageAdaptingChileEmployingColonistsChileans Author:Salvador Allende
