Frases de Augusto Pinochet

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte foi um general do exército chileno, ditador do Chile após um golpe militar em 11 de setembro de 1973, pelo Decreto Lei Nº 806 editado pela junta militar , que foi estabelecida para governar o Chile após a deposição e suicídio de Salvador Allende, e posteriormente tornado senador vitalício de seu país, cargo que foi criado exclusivamente para ele, por ter sido um ex-governante.

Governou o Chile entre 1973 e 1990, depois de liderar o golpe militar que derrubou o governo democraticamente eleito do presidente Salvador Allende.

✵ 25. Novembro 1915 – 10. Dezembro 2006
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Augusto Pinochet: 31   citações 5   Curtidas

Augusto Pinochet Frases famosas

Augusto Pinochet: Frases em inglês

“We practically wiped this nation clean of Marxists.”

Speech (February 23, 1988), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

Augusto Pinochet citar: “Tell my friends to get me out of here.”

“Tell my friends to get me out of here.”

October 27, 1998, nine days after being arrested in London, quoted in Heraldo Muñoz (2008) The Dictator's Shadow
1990s

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

Speech (July 1987), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

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

Speech (21 September 1995), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1990s

“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.”

Interview (1989) quoted in " "Ego sum Pinochet" 1989, Inteview to Augusto Pinochet, authors Raquel Correa and Elizabeth Subercaseaux. http://www.guerraeterna.com/archives/2006/12/pinochet_y_hitl.html"
1980s

“Had I been a dictator, I would still be governing.”

Speech (December 31, 1995), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1990s

“My library is filled with UN condemnations.”

Speech (26 December 1986), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

“Rome cut off the heads of Christians and they continued to reappear one way or another. Something similar happens with Marxists.”

Speech (10 November 1995), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1990s

“I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.”

Speech (29 June 1982), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

“Power must be vested in the armed forces, since only they have the organization and the means to fight Marxism.”

Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 187
Attributed

“I have a sour face. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.”

Speech (24 April 1986), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

“This is not a dictadura [dictatorship/hard rule] but a dictablanda”

soft rule
Speech (September 1983), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet." The Spanish word dura means tough, while blanda means soft.
1980s

“I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.”

November 1998, during detention in London http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20061210/pags/20061210221221.html
1990s

“Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it. I want that to be clear!”

Speech (October 1981), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet." This expression is not original to Pinochet; it is also attributed to Inca Atahualpa in 1531. See Las Casas, Destruction of the Indies.
1980s

“I am going to die. The person who succeeds me also would die. But elections, you won't have.”

Speech (17 June 1975), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1970s

“The rich people are those who create wealth, and you have to treat them well so they continue to give wealth.”

Speech (26 May 1988), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

“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.”

Speech (17 April 1989), quoted in " Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20061210/pags/20061210221221.html" (2006-12-11) La Nación
1980s

“If Senator Kennedy is elected President of the United States, the government of Chile will take the necessary measures.”

Speech (11 September 1979), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1970s

“To whom are we going to ask to be forgiven? To the one who tried to kill us? To the one who tried to destroy our country? To whom? They are the ones who must ask to be forgiven for everything they did before September 11.”

Comments at Mass (11 September 1994), quoted in Calvin Sims (1994-10-06) "Villain or Hero? Pinochet Is Still Viewed as Both in Chile" New York Times
1990s

“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.”

Speech (25 October 1988), commenting on his defeat in a plebiscite to return to democracy. Quoted in Pamela Constable et al. (1991) A Nation of Enemies
1980s

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

Speech (24 April 1987), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

“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.”

Birthday announcement (25 November 2006); " Pinochet Takes 'Political Responsibility' for Actions of Chilean Dictatorship http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/25/AR2006112500834.html" (26 November 2006) Washington Post
2000s

“The country is safe, because we have a good intelligence service.”

Speech (September 1974), quoted in La Nación (2006-12-11) "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet" (The Immortal Sayings of Pinochet) http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20061210/pags/20061210221221.html
1970s

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