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„Remark to reporters (September 1991) when asked about the burial of 125 political opponents in 108 graves. Quoted in Chile Under Pinochet (2000) by Mark Ensalaco“
„The country is safe, because we have a good intelligence service.“
„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.“
„The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians.“
„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.“
„To whom are we going to ask to be forgiven? To the one who tried to kill us? To the one who tried to destroy our country? To whom? They are the ones who must ask to be forgiven for everything they did before September 11.“
„If Senator Kennedy is elected President of the United States, the government of Chile will take the necessary measures.“
„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 rich people are those who create wealth, and you have to treat them well so they continue to give wealth.“
„I have a sour face. Maybe that’s why they say I’m a dictator.“
„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.“
„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.“
„The armed forces have acted today solely from the patriotic inspiration of saving the country from the tremendous chaos into which it was being plunged by the Marxist government of Salvador Allende.… The Junta will maintain judicial power and consultantship of the Comptroller. The Chambers will remain in recess until further orders. That is all.“
„This is not a dictadura [dictatorship/hard rule] but a dictablanda“
„I am going to die. The person who succeeds me also would die. But elections, you won’t have.“
„Not a single leaf moves in this country if I’m not the one moving it. I want that to be clear!“
„I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.“
„The only solution to the issue of human rights is oblivion.“
„I’m looking at them from above, because God put me there.“
„Power must be vested in the armed forces, since only they have the organization and the means to fight Marxism.“
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