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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.