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
faces dictator sour
My face is sour. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.
faults groups brutality
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.
poor
I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.
real dictator
I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.
president boards executive-power
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.
military people political
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.
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.
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.