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During 65 Years, I Have Walked The Path Of Duty And Discipline... And Today, Looking Back At That Long Path Of Service, My Soldier's Heart Stirs And Murmurs From Deep Within: Thank You. Thank You, My Homeland.

My Face Is Sour. Maybe That's Why They Say I'm A Dictator.

Not A Single Leaf Moves In This Country If I'm Not The One Moving It.

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.

The Nation Is Trying To Make Chile A Country Of Proprietors, Not Of Proletarians.