If the U.S. is going to defend itself, why shouldn't we do the same? We only want to be treated equally, nothing more.

Only an organized and conscious people can bring about a different kind of society.

Every country has its own reality and its own leaders, and the leaders act in accordance with their reality.

First fulfill your academic obligations and then you will have the right to call yourself a leader of the left.

People can progress only by working and producing more.

This is an instrument in the hands of the people for fighting the fascist saboteurs, because the Chilean armed forces are a guarantee of constitutionality and integrity.

People can come and see me, and I have the pleasure of being able to talk to them.

I still believe in what I believed in for 20 years as a Socialist in Parliament, and being a Socialist is not the same as being a utopian.

It's much harder to bring about socialism through legal means, because there are so many possibilities for opposition.

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.

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.

No soul has the power to save. You can only tell others about the Saviour.

Each of us has a family tree full of stories inside of us, Dirk thought. Each of us has a story blossoming out of us.

As long as there is Fear, Faith is not to be found.Believe the finished work of Christ. Rise Up to Faith!

Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

In choosing to exchange precious principles for worthless impulses, I have far too often bankrupted my soul in order to bankroll my ego.

If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.

I get too involved with my job. If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.

I guess the GOP may be more desperate than I thought to call somebody like me.

I suppose I did feel a certain public pressure always.