Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model: We must go from capitalism to socialism.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do over Iran; we will not accept being anyone's colony.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

Racism is very characteristic of imperialism. Racism is very characteristic of capitalism.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother. My children, my two daughters are with me and I want a better world for my grandchildren, for your grandchildren.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

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
Hugo Chavez

I even believed in a third way; I thought it was possible to put a human face on capitalism. But I was wrong. The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

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.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

Don't be shameless, Mr Blair. Don't be immoral, Mr Blair. You are one of those who have no morals. You are not one who has the right to criticise anyone about the rules of the international community.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

There is no turning back.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

Oil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil era. And that's what we must discuss: searching and developing new sources of energy. And that requires scientific research. That requires investment. And the developed countries must be the ones to assume this responsibility first.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

The United States was born with an imperialist impulse. There has been a long confrontation between Monroe and Bolivar... It is necessary that the Monroe Doctrine be broken.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

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.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

There is film of the Americans landing on the moon. Does that mean the moon shot really happened? In the film, the Yanqui flag is flying straight out. So, is there wind on the moon?

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

Our policy is to deepen the relations with all the countries in the world - monarchies, kingdoms, large powers - we want to respect all differences and have our relationships based on mutual respect.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

Give me your crown, Jesus. Give me your cross, your thorns, so that I may bleed. But give me life, because I have more to do for this country and these people.

Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez

The media has for us a fundamental priority because it is a weapon for the ideological struggle and a weapon to express to the people the hope that we all have.