Marta Lagos Quotations

She smashed traditional power structures, turned the system upside down. That's what people want.

It diminishes the whole process to call it a leftist takeover ? much less a feminine takeover; what's happening today is a takeover of the democratic majority.

Fifty-three percent to 47 percent is truly a landslide for a woman in Latin America. She, as a single mother, represents the hope of quashing inequality ... of power for the powerless.

The speed of changes in values in Chile is much slower than in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil or Mexico. We are changing, but we are still lagging behind in leaving the traditional society for one that is more modern and open. So in the end it is a question of seeing the glass as half empty or half full.