Eduardo Frei Montalva

Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911-1982), full name Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva, was a Chilean politician and a reformer. He held various posts in government and elected president in 1965.

Wisdom & Quotes

• In every historic catastrophe, in the decay of any nation, there have existed minorities which were there at the time and were not heard; great newspapers closed their doors to them; the great parties mocked them; their great enthusiasms were ironically observed and their solutions, the only ones possible, were ridiculed as impractical.

- Aun es Tiempo (There's Still Time)

• We consider progress as legitimate only when it reinforces, rather than undermines, freedom and democracy.

Gustavo Diaz Ordaz