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" I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions. "
Hugo Chavez
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" When we were children, we were told that we have a motherland, and that motherland was Spain. However, we have discovered later, in our lives, that as a matter of fact, we have several motherlands. And one of the greatest motherlands of all is, no doubt, Africa. "
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" In my opinion, Obama can become one of the biggest frustrations in the history for many people, not for me, but for the people of the United States that voted for him and saw him as a symbol of hope for change. "
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" 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. "
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" I think the United States and the secretary of State should be concerned about the poverty in this country - people without health insurance. The United States should stop being the empire and be concerned about other countries. You've got to be more worried about your own people. "
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" 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. "
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" Our voice is an independent voice to represent the dignity and the search for peace and the reformulation of the international system; to denounce persecution and aggression of hegemonistic forces on the planet. This is how Venezuela has presented itself. Bolivar's home has sought a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council. "
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" As Chomsky says here, clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated. "
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" I don't know anything about Osama Bin Laden that doesn't come to me through the filter of the West and its propaganda. "
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Propaganda
Through
" I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism. "
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" The U.S. people have a major role to play to solve, to save this planet. "
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People
Planet
" I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger. "
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Injustice
Children
" The U.S. only has 20 billion barrels of oil in reserve. It seems as though there is no more oil around. Venezuela has 300 billion barrels of oil in reserves. Iraq has, like, 150 billion barrels of oil. Iran, close to 300 billion barrels of reserve. Oil for 200 years, of course. "
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Only
Venezuela
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" 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. "
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You
Community
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" Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends. "
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Mutual Respect
Mutual
" I'm going to show the world that I'm not a tyrant, much less a devil. "
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" I don't care about the internal political system of the United States. I want to be a friend of United States, of its baseball, its institutions, its rock and roll, its workers, and its technology because we need it. I want to be friends of the Arab people, of the Persian people, of the Asian people. "
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Friend
People
" What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil. "
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Elite
Country
Government
" I am a President held prisoner, that I haven't resigned and I will not resign. "
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Will
Resign
Prisoner
" 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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Rebel
Greatest
Great
" 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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Washington
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" Terrorists bombard complete cities, such as Fallujah, Baghdad, innocent women and children. "
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" We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world. "
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Destroyed
Privileged
" I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang. "
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" The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us. Socialism builds and capitalism destroys. "
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" It makes one sad to see the sell-out of President Fox; really, it makes one sad. How sad that the president of a people like the Mexicans lets himself become the puppy dog of the empire. "
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Sad
Puppy
" The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources. Oil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil era. "
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Oil
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" Venezuela has changed forever. "
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" The U.N. system, born after the Second World War, collapsed. It's worthless. "
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