I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictato… - Augusto Pinochet

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

Augusto Pinochet

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Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November 25, 1915 – December 10, 2006) was a general and de facto head of state of Chile. He led a military junta to power in 1973 through a coup d'état, deposing the elected Socialist president Salvador Allende and establishing a military dictatorship.

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Alternative Names: Augusto Pinochet Ugarte • Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte

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

Remark to reporters (September 1991) when asked about the burial of 125 political opponents in 108 graves. Quoted in Chile Under Pinochet (2000) by Mark Ensalaco

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

I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator. - Augusto Pinochet

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