Augusto Pinochet citáty

„Těšil jsem se té radosti, že jsem viděl padnout (berlínskou) zeď. Že jsem viděl padnout i sovětské impérium je pro mě tou největší životní satisfakcí.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

„Někdy musí být demokracie smočena v krvi.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

„Řekni přátelům, aby mě odtud dostali.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

„Přijímám politickou odpovědnost za vše co se stalo.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

„Nejsem diktátor. Mám jenom nevrlý obličej.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

„Všechno co jsem udělal, všechny mé činy, všechny problémy které jsem řešil jsem zasvětil Bohu a Chile, abych zachránil Chile před přicházejícím komunismem.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

„Během šedesáti pěti let svého života jsem kráčel cestou povinností a disciplíny. A dnes, když se dívám zpětně na tuto službu, tak se ten voják v mém srdci zvedá a potichu mumlá: Děkuji, má vlasti.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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

—  Augusto Pinochet

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.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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

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

—  Augusto Pinochet

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.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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

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

—  Augusto Pinochet

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.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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

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

—  Augusto Pinochet

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.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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

„We practically wiped this nation clean of Marxists.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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.“

—  Augusto Pinochet

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