"Peoples of the Americas are rising once again, saying no to imperialism, saying no to fascism, saying no to intervention - and saying no to death."
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Hugo Chavez quotes (page 5 of 5)
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"For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act."
"I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger."
"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."
"What you want is one thing, and what you cannot really obtain is another."
"Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I am neither the former nor the latter. I am but a man in particular circumstances, and the most beautiful part is that an individual human life is capable of contributing to the growth, the awakening of the collective strength. That is what matters!"
"Venezuela has changed forever, there is no turning back."
"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."
"For a hundred years we have been one of the largest oil-producing countries in the world but with a 60 percent poverty rate and now we are canceling the historical debt."
"I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States."
"I don't want to die. Please don't let me die."
"Knowing English is important, but for us Venezuelans I think it would also be important to know Portuguese. For that reason, we should evaluate the possibility of it being taught in our schools."
"That man, the king of vacations... the king of vacations in his ranch said nothing but, you have to flee, and didn't say how... that cowboy, the cowboy mentality."
"The world should forget about cheap oil. The price will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel."
"I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor."