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Hugo Chávez
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“Critico, aunque respeto, a mis amigos que sostienen la idea marxista leninista de que no debe haber propiedad privada, porque no la comparto.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In his talk show , as quoted in Chavez defiende propiedad privada frente a marxistas leninistas (August 26, 2007), El Universal.
“La propiedad privada es aquella que pertenece a personas naturales o jurídicas y que se reconoce sobre bienes de uso y consumo y medios de producción legítimamente adquiridos.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reading the Article 113 on the Constitution Amendment in his talk show . As quoted in Chavez defiende propiedad privada frente a marxistas leninistas (26 August, 2007), El Universal.
“Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Referring to Spanish politician José María Aznar as a fascist, November 2007.
“If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could reach $150 or even $200.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Opening remarks at the OPEC Summit, November 2007.
“A Third World War? With an atom bomb? He said it, with an atom bomb. There would be no more world. The world would end. Humanity would no longer exist. I think he has to be put in an asylum. He has to be put in an mental asylum.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Responding to President George W. Bush remarks on Iran, November 21, 2007
“If the "yes" vote wins on Sunday and the Venezuelan oligarchy, playing the [U.S.] empire's game, comes with their little stories of fraud, oil shipments to the United States will be halted [on Monday].”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're not really confronting those peons of imperialism. Our true enemy is called the North American empire and we're going to give another knockout to Bush.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If any international channel comes here to take part in an operation from the imperialist against Venezuela, your reporters will be thrown out of the country, they will not be able to work here. People at CNN, listen carefully: This is just a warning.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Closing remarks at the rally in support for an upcoming Venezuelan constitutional referendum in December 2007, which would free Chavez from term-limit restrictions and move the country toward institutionalized socialism.
“I nationalize strategic companies and get criticized, but when Bush does it, it's OK. … Bush is turning socialist. How are you, comrade Bush?”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement of 21 September 2008, as quoted in "Credit Crisis Fools Latin America's Leaders: Alexandre Marinis" at Bloomberg.com (21 October 2008)
“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 (1954–2013) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to a May 2009 "Socialist Transformation Workshop" in Guayana, as quoted in Venezuela Nationalizes Gas Plant and Steel Companies, Pledges Worker Control: James Suggett at Venezuela Analysis (22 May 2009)
“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.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the U.N, welcoming the Obama administration. (September 2009) BBC
“I'm not loved by Hillary Clinton... and I don't love her either.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chavez trying to make a song about Hillary Clinton on June 2010. 1
“If there was any armed aggression against Venezuela from Colombian territory or from anywhere else, promoted by the Yankee empire, we would suspend oil shipments to the United States even if we have to eat stones here. We would not send a drop more to U.S. refineries!”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chávez reacting to US support to Colombia during the diplomatic crisis with that country on July 25, 2010
“Some games teach you to kill. They once put my face on a game, 'You've got to find Chavez to kill him'.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1954–2013) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chavez told Hillary Clinton in a televised speech on December 9, 2010
“Liberator of Libya, He will be remembered as a great fighter, a revolutionary and martyr. They assassinated him. It is another outrage.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I extend from here my recognition of all who voted against us, recognition of their democratic weight.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his election victory. (08 December 2012)
“We have arrived again to Venezuela, Thank God. Thanks to my beloved country.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After coming back to Caracas. Chávez was in Cuba receiving treatment for cancer. 18 February, 2013.
“I don't want to die. Please don't let me die.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Democracy is not just turning up to vote every five or four years, it’s much more than that, it’s a way of life, it’s giving power to the people.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Within the framework of capitalism it is impossible to solve the challenges of fighting against poverty, misery, exploitation and inequality.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I call on private businessmen to work together with us to build the new economy, transforming the capitalist economic model into a social, humanist and equality economy.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before anything else I would like to say good day to all of the Venezuelan people, and this Boliviarian message is directed to the brave soldiers in the Parachutist Regimen of Aragua and the Armed Brigade of Valencia. Friends: For now, lamentably, the objectives we considered were not achieved in the capital. That is to say, we here in Caracas have not managed to take power. You did very well over there, but now is the time to reflect; new situations will come and the country must definitively get on the path to a better destiny. So hear my word; hear Commander Chávez, who sends you this message so that you may please reflect and put down your weapons, because now, really, the objectives that we have brought to the national level are impossible to achieve. Friends: Hear this message of solidarity. I thank you for your loyalty, your valor, your exuberance, and I, before this country and before you all, assume responsibility for this Boliviarian militant movement. Thank you.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hugo Chávez to Venezuelan television reporters just before being arrested for his participation in an attempted coup d'état, February 1992.
“...the solutions for Latin America pass through the left, they have to transit the left, but they cannot remain within the framework of the left, they have to go beyond the left. Because we could hardly describe the Latin American armed forces as leftist. Trying to push them to the left (...) I think it would be a utopia. We could classify the Latin American armed forces, many Latin American soldiers, as nationalists, in this time of neoliberal denationalization. Well, you have to go through there too. The solution has to go through the left, through nationalism, through patriotism and achieve a great alliance of all these sectors [bold in the original] (...) The support of the military is vital to make a program of transformation in Latin America (...) Many left-wing intellectuals in Venezuela have not understood it (...) However, we have managed to shake the national soul, as Neruda said, we managed to put Bolívar on the table, with another sign , with a revolutionary sign.”
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Recorded in: Biardeau R. Javier . Del Árbol de las Tres Raíces al "Socialismo Bolivariano del siglo XXI" ¿Una nueva narrativa ideológica de emancipación?. Revista Venezolana de Economía y Ciencias Sociales [en linea]. 2009, 15(1), 5…
“The model that we are designing, inventing, surely has elements of socialism, of capitalism, of the human being. From that point of view, for example, we have called the economic model humanistic... And it is made up of three broad factors: one, is the State, and the need for an effective State, which regulates, drives, promotes, etc. the economic process; the need for a market, but one that is healthy, where the laws of supply and demand are truly met relatively, not a monopolized or oligopolized market. And the third factor: the man, the human being. That is why we have talked about a humanist economics project. There are undoubtedly different elements there. It is not a pure, new, totally original model but rather it takes elements from the various models, from various currents, that have been prevailing in the world in the last 200 years. But that remains in our projects, in the transition project.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: González Almandoz Daniel . EL BOLIVARISMO CHAVISTA COMO SUSTENTO DEL SOCIALISMO DEL SIGLO 21: REFLEXIONES SOBRE EL PENSAMIENTO DE HUGO CHÁVEZ FRÍAS. e-l@tina. Revista electrónica de estudios latinoamericanos [en linea].…
“Marx collects historical currents of an era, reworks them and therein lies his genius, he contextualizes them, theorizes them and launches his thesis that gained strength and traveled half the world. I wouldn't say that Marxism is dead. A model that was tried to be put into practice collapsed and we see the result. Now, as a method of historical analysis of society, as a banner of struggles of social and political sectors of Latin America and the world, it has validity. There are things that I do not share about Marxism, especially in the praxis that was developed, but as an ideological flag I believe that it is valid and that it is still an idea-strength of revolutionary sectors, fighters.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: González Almandoz Daniel . EL BOLIVARISMO CHAVISTA COMO SUSTENTO DEL SOCIALISMO DEL SIGLO 21: REFLEXIONES SOBRE EL PENSAMIENTO DE HUGO CHÁVEZ FRÍAS. e-l@tina. Revista electrónica de estudios latinoamericanos [en linea].…
“In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, and in 1991 the Soviet Union fell, and then the victorious banner of neoliberalism was raised and the thesis of the end of history emerged, history is over, well, capitalism won, they said back in the early 90's, the end of history, the thesis of single thinking, there are no more alternatives. You see, a whole century has gone by and the Soviet Union is over and socialism is over, and communism is over and long live neo-liberal capitalism and all this fairy tale. Now, in Venezuela almost at the same time, a surprising parallelism, in 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, but in 1989 also in Caracas a people rose up and there was a popular rebellion of very high intensity, thousands and thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, the poor people above all, took to the streets in rebellion. Unarmed but in rebellion What did the people of Caracas rebel against on February 27, 1989? Against the neoliberal package imposed by the International Monetary Fund.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Excerpts from a speech delivered by Chavez during the World Social Forum in January 2003 Intervención del Comandante Presidente Hugo Chávez, en el encuentro Solidaridad con la Revolución Bolivariana con Venezuela en el …
“For a long time my country has been divided, but by a minority that lives in extreme wealth with a majority that lives in poverty. This is a dangerous and explosive division. Above this reality that has existed for decades there is a process unfolding. We have improved literacy by 1.2 million people, which is part of an education system that helps eliminate social exclusion. There is a health program that targets 17 million Venezuelans. We have redistributed land, provided credit and created cooperatives. We are heading towards a society that includes people and that is against neoliberal exclusion and savage capitalism.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think there are reasons to be optimistic...because over and above the wars and the bombs and the aggressive and the preventive war and the destruction of entire peoples, one can see that a new era is dawning... the era is giving birth to a heart. There are alternative ways of thinking. There are young people who think differently. And this has already been seen within the space of a mere decade. It was shown that the end of history was a totally false assumption, and the same was shown about Pax Americana and the establishment of the capitalist neo-liberal world. It has been shown, this system, to generate mere poverty. Who believes in it now?”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In just a few days there will be another anniversary. Thirty years will have passed from this other horrendous terrorist attack on the Cuban plane, where 73 innocents died, a Cubana de Aviacion airliner. And where is the biggest terrorist of this continent who took the responsibility for blowing up the plane? He spent a few years in jail in Venezuela. Thanks to CIA and then government officials, he was allowed to escape, and he lives here in this country, protected by the government. And he was convicted. He has confessed to his crime. But the U.S. government has double standards. It protects terrorism when it wants to.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You messed up with me, birdie. No? You don't know much about history. You don't know much about anything, you know? A great ignorance is what you've got. You are ignorant, Mr. Danger. You are an ignorant. You are a donkey, Mr. Danger … By that I mean, you know, to say it with all its letters, to Mr. George W. Bush. You are a donkey, Mr. Bush. I'm going to tell you something, Mr. Danger. You are a coward, you know? You are a coward. Why don't you go to Iraq and command your army? It's so easy to command an army from afar. If you ever come up with the crazy idea of invading Venezuela, I'll be waiting for you in this savanna, Mr. Danger. Come on here, Mr. Danger. Come on here. Come on here, Mr. Danger. Coward, assassin, genocidal... Genocidal, you are a genocidal. You are an alcoholic, a drunk.. A drunk, Mr. Danger. You are immoral, Mr. Danger... You are the worst ever, Mr. Danger … The worst of this planet, the very worst is called George W. Bush. God save the world from this menace. Because he is an assassin. A sick man, a psychologically ill man, I know it. Personally, he is a coward. But he has a lot of power. He has a lot of power. And look at what's happening in Iraq. Yesterday the world marched against the war... 70%, according to the surveys I've seen, of your own people, Mr. Danger, are against you, against the war. You are a liar, Mr. Danger. You are killing children, Mr. Danger, who aren't responsible for your illnesses, of your complexes. Your soldiers in Iraq are bombing cities. Just yesterday we were watching images of five children who were murdered by you soldiers. They're not the murderers. You are the murderer, coward!”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Message to George W. Bush, in a nationally televised speech in March 2006.
“El socialismo bolivariano nosotros tenemos que construirlo en el marco de la Constitución Bolivariana. [...] Nosotros no tenemos prevista la eliminación de la propiedad privada, ni la grande ni la pequeña. [...] El socialismo tenemos que construirlo, los sectores de clase media, profesionales, técnicos, nos hacen falta para construir un socialismo productivo. Nosotros necesitamos a la clase media, a los profesionales, a los técnicos, a los empresarios, a los agricultores, a la juventud, que se incorpore a un debate amplio. El socialismo del siglo XXI es democracia. Nosotros no estamos hablando de la dictadura del proletariado. No.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Chávez propone constituir un ministerio para el seguimiento de obras y políticas (6 October 2012), Correo del Orinoco.