Cristina Fernández de Kirchner quotes

The present time Latin America is going through, with its impressive natural and human resources, devoid of racial and religious conflicts, is a unique moment, and I believe that Argentina and Argentines are at the doorstep of an unprecedented opportunity. (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner)
I'm a daughter of the middle class with a strong sense of social mobility and individualism, like the waves of immigrants, like my Spanish grandparents, who made Argentina. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Our society needs women to be more numerous in decision-making positions and in entrepreneurial areas. We always have to pass a twofold test: first to prove that, though women, we are no idiots, and second, the test anybody has to pass. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
I feel honored to belong to a generation that was a propitious victim of state terrorism. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
In Latin America we can give cathedra about harassment and seizure. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Memory and freedom must be everybody's daily exercise in order to prevent a new holocaust and a renewed violation of human rights. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
You can be sure that all and each one of us who have institutional responsibilities will raise not only our voice but will take concrete action against any sign of anti-Semitism. We are not willing to give away what has been a historic tradition in Latin America. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
The utopias of a better world and a more just society have to do with words, with the generation of dreams, with imagination, with a very important identity that overcomes languages and is the identity of the human condition, to be able to recognize our own image in every fellow man, in a different age. I believe that the key to our time lies in this respect for diversity. View quote
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I think America has more than enough maturity and intelligence to start exercising its world leadership responsibly. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
I bring a lot of passion to my life and my politics - I don't mind saying there is a very strong Latin component to it. (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner)
Where do you imagine Evita to stand: asking not to go back to the past, or next to the mothers and grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo?. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Peronism is so much like Argentines. We Peronists, just like all Argentines, are capable of spawning the most generous actions and the most sublime individuals, as well as the most despicable actions. That's how contradictory we are. When kidnapping was rife in this country and people were made to disappear and thrown into the river, the defenders of press freedom went AWOL. View quote
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner