UN General Assembly
1962

159. The better distribution of wealth not only brought the ideal of economic security closer but opened the doors which had barred our way to freedom. The peasant, who could be sold with the estate on which he worked, is today no longer a serf but a citizen. The number of schools has risen more than tenfold and the right to vote, which was restricted to 60,000 persons — those with a certain level of income — is now exercised by all who are of age, without any distinctions whatsoever, 160. The Bolivian man, master of his country's fate, has found a new dignity in his responsibilities and is entering the mainstream of world culture with a worthy contribution which retains his own distinctive stamp.