Augusto Pinochet: Frases en inglés (página 2)

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

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

“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.”

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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
1980s

“If Senator Kennedy is elected President of the United States, the government of Chile will take the necessary measures.”

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Speech (11 September 1979), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1970s

“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.”

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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

“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.”

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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.”

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Speech (24 April 1987), quoted in "Las frases para el bronce de Pinochet."
1980s

“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.”

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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

“The country is safe, because we have a good intelligence service.”

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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
1970s