Sebastian Pinera Quotes

• Chile is not a rich country in terms of gas, or oil or coal, but we are extremely rich in terms of the energies of the future.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Country, Rich Countries, Oil

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• To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Technology, Government, Innovation

  "President Sebastian Pinera: I want a First World Chile by 2020" By Claire Brennan, www.cnn.com. October 15, 2012.

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• On one hand, it is very important that democracy and human rights be defended across borders. But it is also very important to respect the right of each country to choose its own path.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Country, Rights, Hands

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• I'm a person with a lot of affection for adventure - I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Adventure, Scuba, Affection

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• Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Country, Usual, World

  Interview with Tomilson Hill, www.cfr.org.

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• I believe in a real democratic system, with a state of law and freedom of the press. I believe in a free, open-market economy integrated with the world. And I believe in equality of opportunity. Those are my basic beliefs. On top of that, of course, I believe in some moral values.

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  Real, Believe, Opportunity

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• Life is tough - and you have to be tougher than life to change the world.

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  Inspirational, World, Tough

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• I deeply believe that marriage is by nature between a man and a woman, but that conviction does not prevent me from recognising that other forms of affective relationships exist.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Believe, Men, Doe

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• You will never solve the American problems just by printing money.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Printing Money, Problem, Printing

  "Quest Means Business" with Richard Quest, www.cnn.com. October 1, 2012.

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• Countries with deficit don't want to pay the bill, and they want to get more loans, and countries with superiority, they don't want to help the countries with problems, and they just want them to tighten their belts.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Country, Want, Pay

  "CNN Means Business", www.cnn.com. October 1, 2012.

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• Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Needs, Tools, Politician

  “Quest Means Business”, www.cnn.com. October 1, 2012.

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• Chile isn't the biggest, richest or most powerful country in the world, but we should dedicate ourselves to transforming it into the best country in the world. We don't have a single minute to lose.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Country, Powerful, World

  "Rightwinger Sebastián Piñera wins Chile presidency". www.theguardian.com. January 18, 2010.

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• I grew up middle class. My father was a public functionary who didn't leave an inheritance, just debts.

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  Father, Class, Inheritance

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• I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.

  Sebastian Pinera

  Mistake, Latin, Somewhere Else

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