“I accept this victory without arrogance or a spirit of vengeance.  It is not a personal victory, I owe it to the Popular Unity, to the social forces with us.  I owe it to the Radicals, Socialists, Communists, Social Democrats, people from the Unitary Popular Action Movement and from the Independent Popular Alliance, and to the thousands of independents.  I owe it to the country’s anonymous and sacrificed men, I owe it to the humble women of our country.  I owe it to the Chilean people who will be with me when I enter La Moneda National Palace on November 4....  I am your compa~nero presidente....  I will not be just another president; I will be the first president of the first truly democratic, popular and revolutionary government in Chilean history.”
 
September 5, 1970
 
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Salvador Allende Gossens, “Victory Sppech to the People of Santiago,” in Salvador Allende Reader: Chile’s Voice of Democracy (New York: Ocean Press, 2000), 48.