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I Was Only An Aspiring Dictator. I Was Never A Real Dictator.

I Have Lived With My Conscience And My Own Memories For Over Quarter Of A Century Since The Events Of 1973. These Are Not Easy Reflections For Me. But I Am At Peace With Myself, And With The Chilean People, About What Happened. I Am Clear In My Mind That The Return To Chile Of True Democracy, And From That The True Freedom To Which All Individual People Are Entitled, Could Not Have Been Achieved Without The Removal Of The Marxist Government.

Today, Near The End Of My Days, I Want To Say That I Harbor No Rancor Against Anybody, That I Love My Fatherland Above All And That I Take Political Responsibility For Everything That Was Done Which Had No Other Goal Than Making Chile Greater And Avoiding Its Disintegration. I Assume Full Political Responsibility For What Happened.

He Could Have A Thousand Faults, But I Do Not Blame Anyone In Particular And I Despise Brutality With Which The Nazis Acted Against Israelites; But The Fault Is Not Only Of Hitler, But A Group Of High-ranked Dignitaries.

I'm Looking At Them From Above, Because God Put Me There.