Augusto Pinochet Quotes

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.

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

We practically wiped this nation clean of Marxists.

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

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

My library is filled with UN condemnations.

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

This is not a dictadura [dictatorship/hard rule] but a dictablanda [soft rule].

I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.

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

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

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

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

The armed forces have acted today solely from the patriotic inspiration of saving the country from the tremendous chaos into which it was being plunged by the Marxist government of Salvador Allende.… The Junta will maintain judicial power and consultantship of the Comptroller. The Chambers will remain in recess until further orders. That is all.