Allende Quotes
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It's strange how things happen, Mauricio Silva, known as the Eye, always tried to escape from violence even at the risk of being considered a coward, but the violence, the real violence, can't be escaped, at least not by us, born in Latin America in the 1950s, those of us who were around twenty years old when Salvador Allende died.
roberto bolaño— Mauricio ('The Eye') Silva
That night when he went back to his hotel, he wept for his dead children and all the other castrated boys, for his own lost youth, for those who were young no longer and those who died young, for those who fought for Salvador Allende and those who were too scared to fight.
roberto bolaño— Mauricio ('The Eye') Silva
Allende is seeking the totality of power, which means Communist tyranny disguised as the dictatorship of the proletariat.
salvador allende— National Assembly of the Chilean Christian Democratic party (15 May 1973)
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 Public Accounts Control. The Chambers will remain in recess until further orders. That is all.
salvador allende— Augusto Pinochet at a press conference after Salvador Allende's death.
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— Press conference (11 September 1973) YouTube video
