Augusto Pinochet Quotes


During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.


Citations

Pinochet, Augusto. "Farewell Speech as Commander in Chief of the Army." 10 Mar. 1998, Santiago. Quoted in Spooner, Mary Helen. The General's Slow Retreat: Chile After Pinochet. University of California Press, 2011, p. 12.

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Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
  • Born: November 25, 1915
  • Died: December 10, 2006
  • Nationality: Chilean
  • Profession: Military

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean Army General, politician and military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being self-declared President of the Republic by the junta in 1974 and becoming the de facto dictator of Chile, and after from 1981 to 1990 as de jure President after a new Constitution, which confirmed him in the office, was approved by a referendum in 1980.