Augusto Pinochet - Chile Quotes

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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.

Augusto Pinochet

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

Augusto Pinochet

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

Augusto Pinochet

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