Augusto Pinochet Quotes

Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had I dedicate to God and to Chile, because I kept Chile from becoming Communist.

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.

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

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

Rome cut off the heads of Christians and they continued to reappear one way or another. Something similar happens with Marxists.

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

I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.

The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.

I'm looking at them from above, because God put me there.

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

Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it.

We have no political prisons. We have political internal exiles.

My library is filled with UN condemnations.

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

My moral and spiritual formation does not allow me to be a dictator... If I were a dictator, You can be sure that many things have happened.

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

My face is sour. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator.

I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.