Augusto Pinochet: Happening

Augusto Pinochet was Former dictator of the republic of Chile. Explore interesting quotes on happening.
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“I have lived with my conscience and my own memories for over quarter of a century since the events of 1973.… These are not easy reflections for me. But I am at peace with myself, and with the Chilean people, about what happened. I am clear in my mind that the return to Chile of true democracy, and from that the true freedom to which all individual people are entitled, could not have been achieved without the removal of the Marxist government.”

Augusto Pinochet

Statement (8 November 1998)
1990s

People , Peace , Democracy , Freedom

“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

Way

“The freedoms which had been so hard won from colonial domination were being crushed by Soviet-inspired and funded military and political forces. Their clear intention was to deprive the people of their democratic freedoms. As history shows, this is what had happened in the Soviet Union and in Cuba, and continues to be the case in other parts of the world.”

Augusto Pinochet

Statement (8 November 1998)
1990s

People , World , History , Freedom

“Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbor no rancor against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration.… I assume full political responsibility for what happened.”

Augusto Pinochet

Birthday announcement (25 November 2006); " Pinochet Takes 'Political Responsibility' for Actions of Chilean Dictatorship http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/25/AR2006112500834.html" (26 November 2006) Washington Post
2000s

Love