“We practically wiped this nation clean of Marxists.”
Speech (February 23, 1988), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
Augusto Pinochet: 28 citations0 J'aime
Augusto Pinochet: Citations en anglais
“Tell my friends to get me out of here.”
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.”
Speech (July 1987), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
Statement (8 November 1998)
1990s
“The only solution to the issue of human rights is oblivion.”
Speech (21 September 1995), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1990s
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" <br class="br">1980s
“Had I been a dictator, I would still be governing.”
Speech (December 31, 1995), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1990s
“My library is filled with UN condemnations.”
Speech (26 December 1986), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
Speech (10 November 1995), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1990s
“I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.”
Speech (29 June 1982), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
Exchange between Judge Victor Montiglio and Pinochet (November 16, 2005), quoted in Heraldo Muñoz (2008) The Dictator's Shadow
2000s
Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 187
Attributed
“I have a sour face. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.”
Speech (24 April 1986), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
“This is not a dictadura [dictatorship/hard rule] but a dictablanda”
soft rule
Speech (September 1983), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet." The Spanish word dura means tough, while blanda means soft.
1980s
“I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.”
November 1998, during detention in London http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20061210/pags/20061210221221.html <br class="br">1990s
“Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it. I want that to be clear!”
Speech (October 1981), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet." This expression is not original to Pinochet; it is also attributed to Inca Atahualpa in 1531. See Las Casas, Destruction of the Indies.
1980s
Press conference (11 September 1973) Youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hbhb0ozRuM <br class="br">1970s
“I am going to die. The person who succeeds me also would die. But elections, you won't have.”
Speech (17 June 1975), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1970s
Statement (8 November 1998)
1990s
Speech (26 May 1988), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
Speech (17 April 1989), quoted in " Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20061210/pags/20061210221221.html" (2006-12-11) La Nación <br class="br">1980s
Speech (11 September 1979), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1970s
Comments at Mass (11 September 1994), quoted in Calvin Sims (1994-10-06) "Villain or Hero? Pinochet Is Still Viewed as Both in Chile" New York Times
1990s
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
“The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.”
Speech (24 April 1987), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s
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 <br class="br">2000s
“The country is safe, because we have a good intelligence service.”
Speech (September 1974), quoted in La Nación (2006-12-11) "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet" (The Immortal Sayings of Pinochet) http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20061210/pags/20061210221221.html <br class="br">1970s
