102 Notable Quotes By Hugo Chavez
There is film of the Americans landing on the moon. Does that mean the moon shot really happened? In the film, the Yanqui flag is flying straight out. So, is there wind on the moon?
There is no doubt whatsoever that the U.S. government, lead by Mr. Bush, planned and participated in a coup d'etat in Venezuela in April, 2002.
Simon Bolivar is the leader of the revolution of this land. He is the leader of the social revolution, the people's revolution, the historical revolution.
The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources. Oil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil era.
Aristotle might not recognize it, or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs?
In my opinion, Obama can become one of the biggest frustrations in the history for many people, not for me, but for the people of the United States that voted for him and saw him as a symbol of hope for change.
I will be very sad and worried if the imperialist government was calling me a great democratic man.
Raul Reyes was a good revolutionary. I knew him personally.
The United States was born with an imperialist impulse. There has been a long confrontation between Monroe and Bolivar... It is necessary that the Monroe Doctrine be broken.
I don't know anything about Osama Bin Laden that doesn't come to me through the filter of the West and its propaganda.
The media has for us a fundamental priority because it is a weapon for the ideological struggle and a weapon to express to the people the hope that we all have.
I'm going to show the world that I'm not a tyrant, much less a devil.
I neglected my health, and I was reluctant to have medical check-ups. It was a fundamental mistake for a revolutionary, to the Venezuelan people and the international public opinion.
Castro has been a teacher for me. A master. Not on ideology but on strategy.
I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic... I'm very faithful.
Artists are never wrong when they paint revolution with the beautiful dress and with the sword. On the horse or by foot. Because revolution is a woman.
I've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy.
The United States should stop being the 'empire' and be concerned about other countries. You've got to be more worried about your own people.
As Chomsky says here, clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated.
The U.N. system, born after the Second World War, collapsed. It's worthless.
The immoral veto of the United States allowed the Israelis, with impunity, to destroy Lebanon. Right in front of all of us as we stood there watching, a resolution in the council was prevented.
I'm not loved by Hillary Clinton... and I don't love her either.
It makes one sad to see the sell-out of President Fox; really, it makes one sad. How sad that the president of a people like the Mexicans lets himself become the puppy dog of the empire.
I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ.
My father and my mother were both teachers. They inculcated to us the importance of studies.
Dr. Insulza is quite an idiot, a true idiot. The insipid Dr. Insulza should resign from the secretariat of the OAS for daring to play that role.
It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic.
I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger.
I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States.
I'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace.
