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
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.
memories reflection government
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.
people world forget
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.
democracy communism breeding
Democracy is the breeding ground of communism,
becoming action problem
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.
against fighting
We are fighting against a system, but we're doing OK.