We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty. – Ricardo Lagos
We need to be more careful, but more compassionate. We must strike, not deal with terrorists, but to broaden our understanding of the world outside our borders. – Ricardo Lagos
My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure. – Ricardo Lagos
There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers. – Ricardo Lagos
We fully support the strikes against terrorist targets, not against the country, not against the culture, not against a religion, but against an enemy of them all. – Ricardo Lagos
Clearly it is better that, when someone is wanted by the international police, and this person travels, and a country knows about it, that country reports the fact. – Ricardo Lagos
We have obligations towards the innocent, the dead, towards the living, towards our children and their children. – Ricardo Lagos
