“In 1845, Fransisco Antonio Pinto wrote to Gerneral San Martín, ‘I think we
will solve the problem of knowing how to ne republicans while continuing to
speak Spanish.’ From that moment on, the continuity and institutional
stability of this country was one of the greatest in Europe and America.
This republican and democratic tradition thus became a part of our identity
and the collective conscience of all Chileans. Respect for others,
tolerance for others, is one of the most important sources of our cultural
wealth.”
November 5, 1970
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Salvador Allende
Gossens, “Inaugural Address in the National Stadium,” in Salvador Allende
Reader: Chile’s Voice of Democracy (New York: Ocean Press, 2000), 55.