Augusto Pinochet: Quotes about people

Augusto Pinochet was Former dictator of the republic of Chile. Explore interesting quotes on people.

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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

“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

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

Augusto Pinochet

Speech (26 May 1988), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

“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.”

Augusto Pinochet

Speech (25 October 1988), commenting on his defeat in a plebiscite to return to democracy. Quoted in Pamela Constable et al. (1991) A Nation of Enemies
1980s