Augusto Pinochet quotes
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“Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.”
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“I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Said during detention in London, November 1998.
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“I'm looking at them from above, because God put me there.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Speech, July 1987.
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“The rich people are those who create wealth, and you have to treat them well so they continue to give wealth.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Speech, May 26, 1988.
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“My library is filled with UN condemnations.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Speech, December 26, 1986.
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“The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Speech, April 24, 1987.
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“He could have a thousand faults, but I do not blame anyone in particular and I despise brutality with which the Nazis acted against Israelites; but the fault is not only of Hitler, but a group of high-ranked dignitaries.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Interview, 1989.
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“The only solution to the issue of human rights is oblivion.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Augusto Pinochet's speech, September 21, 1995.
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“Had I been a dictator, I would still be governing.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Speech, December 31, 1995.
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“The freedoms which had been so hard won from colonial domination were being crushed by Soviet-inspired and funded military and political forces. Their clear intention was to deprive the people of their democratic freedoms. As history shows, this is what had happened in the Soviet Union and in Cuba, and continues to be the case in other parts of the world.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Statement, November 08, 1998.
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“I have lived with my conscience and my own memories for over quarter of a century since the events of 1973.... These are not easy reflections for me. But I am at peace with myself, and with the Chilean people, about what happened. I am clear in my mind that the return to Chile of true democracy, and from that the true freedom to which all individual people are entitled, could not have been achieved without the removal of the Marxist government.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Statement, November 08, 1998.
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“I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Speech, June 29, 1982.
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“We have no political prisons. We have political internal exiles.”
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“Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had I dedicate to God and to Chile, because I kept Chile from becoming Communist.”
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“During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.”
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“Rome cut off the heads of Christians and they continued to reappear one way or another. Something similar happens with Marxists.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Augusto Pinochet's speech, November 10, 1995.
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“Not a leaf moves in this country if I'm not moving it.”
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“Don't forget that in the history of the world, there was a plebiscite, in which Christ and Barabbas were being judged, and the people chose Barabbas.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Speech in October 25, 1988. "A Nation of Enemies" by Pamela Constable and Sam Hall Kaplan, 1991.
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“Democracy is the breeding ground of communism,”
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“I will die. The person who succeeds me will also have to die. But elections, you won't have.”
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“I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : Speech in April 17, 1989. "Human Rights Policies in Chile: The Unfinished Struggle for Truth and Justice" by Silvia Borzutzky, 2017.
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“My face is sour. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.”
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“Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbor no rancor against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration.... I assume full political responsibility for what happened.”
-- Augusto PinochetSource : "Pinochet Takes 'Political Responsibility' for Actions of Chilean Dictatorship". Associated Press, www.washingtonpost.com. November 26, 2006.
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