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Ricardo Lagos

"We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty."

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"We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty."

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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."

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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."

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"Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men."

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"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness."

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"If you believe in democracy, make arrangements to distribute property as widely as possible."

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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."

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"Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT."

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"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."

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"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."

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"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."

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"Let's not interfere with justice... Let's let justice speak."
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"Clearly it is better that, when someone is wanted by the international police, and this person travels, and a country knows about it, that country reports the fact."
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"There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers."
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"We have obligations towards the innocent, the dead, towards the living, towards our children and their children."
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"My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure."
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"This is not the Chile we want to build."
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