Augusto Pinochet Quotes

• 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.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Becoming, Action, Problem

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• Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Blood, Democracy, Sometimes

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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 Pinochet

  People, World, Forget

  Speech in October 25, 1988. "A Nation of Enemies" by Pamela Constable and Sam Hall Kaplan, 1991.

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• The only solution to the issue of human rights is oblivion.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Rights, Issues, Oblivion

  Augusto Pinochet's speech, September 21, 1995.

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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 Pinochet

  People, Giving, Wealth

  Speech, May 26, 1988.

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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 Pinochet

  Christian, Cutting, Rome

  Augusto Pinochet's speech, November 10, 1995.

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• Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Country, Moving, Leafs

  Speech, quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet", October 1981.

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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 Pinochet

  Memories, Reflection, Government

  Statement, November 08, 1998.

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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 Pinochet

  Men, Law, Dictator

  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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• The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Country, Trying, Chile

  Speech, April 24, 1987.

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• I will die. The person who succeeds me will also have to die. But elections, you won't have.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Succeed, Election, Dictator

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• I'm looking at them from above, because God put me there.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Dictator

  Speech, July 1987.

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• My library is filled with UN condemnations.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Library, Condemnation, Filled

  Speech, December 26, 1986.

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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 Pinochet

  Military, People, Political

  Statement, November 08, 1998.

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• I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Real, Dictator

  Said during detention in London, November 1998.

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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 Pinochet

  Responsibility, Goal, Political

  "Pinochet Takes 'Political Responsibility' for Actions of Chilean Dictatorship". Associated Press, www.washingtonpost.com. November 26, 2006.

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• We have no political prisons. We have political internal exiles.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Political, Prison, Exile

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• Had I been a dictator, I would still be governing.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Dictator, Stills, Governing

  Speech, December 31, 1995.

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• My face is sour. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Faces, Dictator, Sour

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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 Pinochet

  Groups, Brutality, Faults

  Interview, 1989.

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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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  Thank You, Heart, Years

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• My moral and spiritual formation does not allow me to be a dictator... If I were a dictator, You can be sure that many things have happened.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Spiritual, Doe, Moral

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• I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Poor

  Speech, June 29, 1982.

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• Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

  Augusto Pinochet

  President, Titles, Boards

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