Hugo Chavez Quotes (149 Quotes)

The reality is that the economic model was shattered here, and still worse, the political model was shattered, and even worse, the moral model was shattered. Venezuela has been ripped into pieces,

That's why Pat Robertson, the spiritual adviser of Mr. Bush, is calling for my assassination. That would be much cheaper than an invasion,

The great loser today was George W. Bush. The man went away wounded, ... You could see defeat on his face.

As the Bush administration hastily jumped for damage control, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack came forward with a response, deeming as inappropriate ... this is not the policy of the United States government...

I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.

It will have to be buried, ... The people of this continent will bury it, and another model of integration will emerge.

I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.

It would start, as they say in my village, is worse the remedy than the disease.

Now the US government has taken a decision in favor of Posada ...that's what I call imperialistic cynicism,

Calling for the assassination of a head of state is a terrorist act,

We don't want to abuse them, we're simply going to give them a period of time (to) pack up their things because they are leaving,

There isn't a debate, there is no dialogue. It seems to be a dialogue of the deaf.

I am on the offensive, ... because attack is the best form of defense. We are waging an offensive battle. Yesterday, in Tehran, the spiritual guide Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told me a true statement power, power.

He was expressing the wishes of the U.S. elite ... If anything happens to me then the man responsible will be George W. Bush. He will be the assassin, ... This is pure terrorism.

We do not want to break relations with the US government it is not in our plans, ... But if the aggressions continue, ... this could put diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the United States at risk.

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.

If it occurs to the United States to invade our country Fidel Castro said it and I agree a war will start here to last 100 years,

Bush, unable to get the 34 nations to agree on reviving the stalled pact, left the negotiations early. Mocking Bush for leaving with his tail between his legs, ... honey of victory.

We are very saddened by this tragedy, ... turned off.

The U.S. government's negative reaction to this deal was part of the concept they want to impose on the world, ... This act today, more than just a commercial act, it is one of dignity.

(The United States), which says it fights terrorism, which invades countries like Iraq using the excuse of the war on terror ... protects terrorists on its own territory,

If we have to choose between environment and mining, we will leave the gold and we will keep the water and the air.

Reverend Jackson, you can be sure that we will continue fighting for the ideas of Martin Luther King, for Christ the Redeemer's idea of loving one another and building a society of equals through our peaceful and democratic revolution,

The proposal has the merit of providing a response to the conflict experienced by Palestine, but it may be difficult to bring about,

What a great truth and how good it is that in Mar del Plata President Kirchner has come to say it to millions the Washington consensus is broken we are looking for a new model,

The world is opposed to your war, Mr. Danger.

The only country, the only administration with whom we don't have good relations on the face of the earth is the administration of Mr. Bush.

We never lose hope that we'll regain a good tone with Mr. Bush's government,

They told me today that we have more than 500 bodies in a gathering center. Also, a Venezuelan navy ship picked up 50 bodies from the sea,

With this mission of energy integration, Venezuela guarantees petroleum and gas for the South American continent for at least 200 years,

The DEA was used as a cover... to carry out intelligence work in Venezuela against this government,

This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people.

What we're recognizing is the original ownership of these lands, ... Now no one will be able to come and trample over you in the future.

You hit me on one cheek, and I'll try to respond by helping you, I don't care. We're not doing this for the administration. We're doing it for the people of the United States. So that's how I respond,

Robertson was expressing the wishes of the US elitist ... this is true terrorism .

The day before yesterday I thought I was going to have to go to the extreme of decreeing a national emergency, but today I don't think I will have to,

What can I do if they (Americans) get upset ... We have dignity and Venezuela is a sovereign country. It has the right to make decisions it deems suit its interests.

Nuclear energy is for peaceful purposes. We are not the ones developing atomic bombs, it's others who do that. We are not the ones who launch atomic bombs,

We don't fear them, ... We left behind our fear a long time ago. We are determined to be free.

the most affected country by the conflicts in Colombia after Colombia itself.

I'm going to leave here someday, but when I leave I'm going to hand over the government to a revolutionary, and surely someone more revolutionary than I am. The revolution ... has arrived to stay though all of this century, and past the 22nd century.

If we are united, we can defeat imperialism and create a better life, ... Just as the empire failed to stop the Cuban revolution, they also will fail to defeat the Bolivarian revolution.

It is an imperialist government, one that says it fights against terrorism but protects it. The U.S. throws stones to Latin America,

When the dogs bark it is because we are working all the time, ... The dogs bark ... because we are advancing.

Well we can try to measure democracy, just as you measure temperature with a thermometer, or pressure with a barometer.

I don't believe in the dogmatic postulates of Marxist revolution. I don't accept that we are living in a period of proletarian revolutions... Are we aiming in Venezuela today for the abolition of private property or a classless society I don't think so.

We're not perfect, but we do have democracy.

a country that does not respect the resolutions of this assembly.

China offers the best option for breaking 100 years of U.S. domination, More and more Chinese non-lethal equipment has been seen in Latin America and military officers from the region have become frequent students of Chinese military training.

Under those circumstances we decided to make a clean break with those accords, and we are reviewing them,