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I am not the president of all the Chileans. I am not a hypocrite that says so.

— Salvador Allende Misattributed

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Notes from Wikiquote

Citied in Jonathan Haslam's "The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile"

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Placed in a historic transition, I will pay for loyalty to the people with my life.

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