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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.

Augusto Pinochet

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

Augusto Pinochet

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.

Augusto Pinochet

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

Augusto Pinochet

Not a single leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it. I want that to be clear!

Augusto Pinochet