Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, was dictator of Chile between 1973 and 1990 and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 1973 to 1998. He was also president of the Government Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981...
NationalityChilean
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth25 November 1915
CountryChile
thank-you heart years
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.
library condemnation filled
My library is filled with UN condemnations.
men law dictator
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.
spiritual doe moral
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.
dictator
I'm looking at them from above, because God put me there.
country moving leafs
Not a leaf moves in this country if I'm not moving it.
dictator stills governing
Had I been a dictator, I would still be governing.
responsibility goal political
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.
succeed election dictator
I will die. The person who succeeds me will also have to die. But elections, you won't have.
christian cutting rome
Rome cut off the heads of Christians and they continued to reappear one way or another. Something similar happens with Marxists.
country trying chile
The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.
rights issues oblivion
The only solution to the issue of human rights is oblivion.
giving people wealth
The rich people are those who create wealth, and you have to treat them well so they continue to give wealth.
blood democracy sometimes
Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.