"The armed forces have acted today solely from the patriotic inspiration of saving the country from the tremendous cha…"

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

"I am going to die. The person who succeeds me also would die. But elections, you won't have."

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

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

"I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor."

"This is not a dictadura [dictatorship/hard rule] but a dictablanda [soft rule]."

"I have a sour face. Maybe that's why they say I'm a dictator."

"My library is filled with UN condemnations."

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