Hugo Chávez Quotes

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Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all, I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today - ethics, and moral...[Capitalism is] an infernal machine that produces every minute an impressive amount of poor, 26 million poor in 10 years are 2.6 million per year of new poor, this is the road, well, the road to hell.

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I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.

Hugo Chávez
Everyday I become more convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, as many intellectuals have said, that it is necessary to transcend capitalism. But capitalism can not be transcended through capitalism itself; it must be done through socialism, true socialism, with equality and justice. I'm also convinced that it is possible to do it under democracy, but not in the type of democracy being imposed by Washington.

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You should resign. It's the least you can do: Resign, along with those other spies and delinquents working in the State Department.

Hugo Chávez
We have to re-invent socialism. It can't be the kind of socialism that we saw in the Soviet Union, but it will emerge as we develop new systems that are built on cooperation, not competition.

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Let the dogs of the empire bark, that's their job; ours is to battle to achieve the true liberation of our people.

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I'm not loved by Hillary Clinton... and I don't love her either.

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Israel has gone mad. It's attacking, doing the same thing to the Palestinian and Lebanese people that they have criticised - and with reason - the Holocaust. But this is a new Holocaust.

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Just look at the internal repression inside the United States, the Patriot Act, which is a repressive law against U.S. citizens. They have put in jail a group of journalists for not revealing their sources. They won't allow them to take pictures of the bodies of the dead soldiers, many of them Latinos, coming from Iraq. Those are signs of Goliath's weaknesses.

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Mr. Obama decided to attack us, Now you want to win votes by attacking Venezuela. Don't be irresponsible. You are a clown, a clown. Leave us in peace … Go after your votes by fulfilling that which you promised your people.

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I extend from here my recognition of all who voted against us, recognition of their democratic weight.

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Don't be shameless, Mr Blair. Don't be immoral, Mr. Blair. You are one of those who have no morals. You are not one who has the right to criticize anyone about the rules of the international community. You are an imperialist pawn who attempts to curry favor with Danger Bush-Hitler, the number one mass murderer and assassin there is on the planet. Go straight to hell, Mr. Blair.

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I nationalize strategic companies and get criticized, but when Bush does it, it's OK. … Bush is turning socialist. How are you, comrade Bush?

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Every factory must be a school to educate, like Che Guevara said, to produce not only briquettes, steel, and aluminum, but also, above all, the new man and woman, the new society, the socialist society.

Hugo Chávez
Privatization is a neoliberal and imperialist plan. Health can't be privatized because it is a fundamental human right, nor can education, water, electricity and other public services. They can't be surrendered to private capital that denies the people from their rights.

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I give you a replica of liberator Simon Bolivar's sword. For you who, like Bolivar, took up arms to liberate your people. For you who, like Bolivar, are and will always be a true freedom fighter. [Mugabe] continues, alongside his people, to confront the pretensions of new imperialists.

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It doesn't smell of sulphur any more. No, it smells of something else. It smells of hope, and you have to have hope in your heart.

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The grand destroyer of the world, and the greatest threat … is represented by U.S. imperialism.

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What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture.

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Knowing English is important, but for us Venezuelans I think it would also be important to know Portuguese. For that reason, we should evaluate the possibility of it being taught in our schools.

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But Cuba doesn't have a dictatorship — it's a revolutionary democracy.

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The world should forget about cheap oil. [The price] will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel.

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[I admire] your wisdom and strength. [...] We are with you and with Iran forever. As long as we remain united we will be able to defeat [U.S.] imperialism, but if we are divided they will push us aside.
Said to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, during a meeting to the country

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Go to hell, gringos! Go home!... What does the empire want? Condoleezza said it. How are you? You've forgotten me, missy... Condoleezza said it clearly, it's about creating a new geopolitical map in the Middle East... They took out Saddam Hussein and they hung him, for better or worse. It's not up to me to judge any government, but that gentleman was the president of that country.

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We see here a model social state like the one we are beginning to create.

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I have found yet another friend here. And with such a friend we will together form a team, like a soccer team. This will be a fighting team.

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Let's save the human race, let's finish off the U.S. empire

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We have arrived again to Venezuela, Thank God. Thanks to my beloved country.

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Some games teach you to kill. They once put my face on a game, 'You've got to find Chavez to kill him'.

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We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world

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