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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.