Michelle Bachelet Quotes - Page 2

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• I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Exercise, Losing, Feminine

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• All boys and girls should have the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, no matter what part of the country they live in and irrespective of whether their parents are rich or poor. It is the state's duty to make sufficient money available for the establishment of good public schools. A well-educated youth is crucial so that Chile can continue to grow economically.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Girl, Country, School

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Government, Priorities, Development

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• It isn't that women are less ambitious,but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Balance, Ambitious, Want

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• I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Issues, Essentials, World

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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.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Hate, Thinking, Important

  "Chile’s New President Outlines Goals". Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. January 25, 2006.

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• When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health, education, to food security, to the children, to the family, or to the community, so when women have an income, everybody wins.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Children, Winning, Health Education

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• The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Country, Gender Gap, World

  "UN Women Head Michelle Bachelet: ‘Gender Equality Is Good Business’". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.

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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.

  Michelle Bachelet

  People, Giving, Challenges

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Chile has changed. The people have become more mature and they are more conscious of their rights. They want to participate and have a say about things such as if and where a power plant can be built.

  Michelle Bachelet

  People, Mature, Plant

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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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

  Life, Government, Giving

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• Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and 'leaky pipelines' that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Country, Educational, Glasses

  "UN Women Head Michelle Bachelet: ‘Gender Equality Is Good Business’". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.

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

  Michelle Bachelet

  Spirit, Language, Accepted

  "Michelle Bachelet ready to tone down language on UN women proposals" by Liz Ford, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2013.

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• By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Girl, Responsibility, Government

  "Making cities safe for women and girls" by Michelle Bachelet, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2013.

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• The change of the binominal system is without a doubt, a great advancement, it will allow us to be better represented and have better ideas.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Change, Ideas, Doubt

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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.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Dream, Beach, Simple

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• In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Exercise, Winning, Artillery

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

  Michelle Bachelet

  Giving, Possibility, States

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• My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Priorities, Political, Empowerment

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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.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Girl, Country, Cities

  "Making cities safe for women and girls" by Michelle Bachelet, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2013.

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• People see I am a mother and head of a household. Today in Chile, one-third of households are run by women. They wake up, take the children to school, go to work. To them I am hope.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Mother, Running, Children

  "'All I want in life is to walk along the beach, holding my lover's hand'". Interview with Jonathan Franklin, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2005.

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• Having more women in company boards, in senior management, supervisory positions and workers in the formal sector is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do. It's good for the bottom line.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Senior, Smart, Boards

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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.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Roots, Needs, Causes

  "Interview with Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women". Interview, www.un.org. December 3, 2012.

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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.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Moving, Past, Different

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• We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Tasks, Investment, Scarce

  "UN Women's head Michelle Bachelet: A new superhero?". Interview with Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2011.

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