- Statesman | July 28, 1954 - March 5, 2013
Simon Bolivar, when history led him - and as Karl Marx said, men can make history, but only as far as history allows us to do so - when history took Bolivar and made him the leader of the independence process in Venezuela, he made that process revolutionary.
Hugo Chavez
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The imperialists see extremists everywhere. It's not that we are extremists. It's that the world is waking up. It's waking up all over, and people are standing up.
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Long live the Unity of Latin America.
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We must reduce the emissions 100 percent. In Venezuela, the emissions are currently insignificant compared to the emissions of the developed countries.
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No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.
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We're not perfect, but we do have democracy.
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I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.
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I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich.
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I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way that that young, poor-class child from the provinces could go to the center of the country: through baseball, which was my dream.
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One of the greatest rebels, who I really admire: Christ. He was a rebel. He ended up being crucified. He was a great rebel. He rebelled against the established power that subjugated.
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It's a lie! I am not an anti-Semite. The World Jewish Congress supported me and said that I am not anti-Semitic.
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I've been in revolt for years against ignominy, against injustice, against inequality, against immorality, against the exploitation of human beings.
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