Frases de Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Data de nascimento: 25. Novembro 1915
Data de falecimento: 10. Dezembro 2006
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.
Citações Augusto Pinochet
Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 187
Attributed
Exchange between Judge Victor Montiglio and Pinochet (November 16, 2005), quoted in Heraldo Muñoz (2008) The Dictator's Shadow
2000s
„I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.“
Speech (29 June 1982), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
„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
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
„My library is filled with UN condemnations.“
Speech (26 December 1986), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
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
Speech (10 November 1995), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1990s
„We practically wiped this nation clean of Marxists.“
Speech (February 23, 1988), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
„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
Statement (8 November 1998)
1990s
„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
Press conference (11 September 1973) Youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hbhb0ozRuM
1970s
