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
„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
„Is it true what Contreras testified before the courts, that the president of the junta and later the president of the Republic was the direct head of DINA?
I don't remember, but it is not true. It is not true and if it was, I don't remember. Contreras liked to cajole, wrap around his boss. Contreras gave the orders. It was he who managed the institution.“
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
„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
„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
„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
„We practically wiped this nation clean of Marxists.“
Speech (February 23, 1988), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
„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
„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
„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
„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
„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
