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" My father and my mother were both teachers. They inculcated to us the importance of studies. "
Hugo Chavez
Mother
Father
Importance
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" Kennedy was the driving force of reform in America. "
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" 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? "
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" I'm a Christian. I want the world of justice and equality. This is the only way to achieve peace. "
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World
Achieve
" We want to be brothers and sisters. We want respect and equality. Simon Bolivar, our father, said a balanced world - a universe - a balanced universe in order to have peace and development. "
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Respect
Father
" I've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy. "
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Appreciate
John
Learned
" Aristotle might not recognize it, or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs? "
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Others
Who
You
" 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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Stop
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" Terrorists bombard complete cities, such as Fallujah, Baghdad, innocent women and children. "
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" The immoral veto of the United States allowed the Israelis, with impunity, to destroy Lebanon. Right in front of all of us as we stood there watching, a resolution in the council was prevented. "
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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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Country
Dream
Baseball
" 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. "
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Lifestyle
Change
Capitalism
" 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
" 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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People
Struggle
Hope
" I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions. "
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I Wish
Wish
Country
" Simon Bolivar turned over all of his land. He freed all of his slaves, and he turned them into soldiers, and he brought them here. He brought them to Peru and Carabobo, and he worked together with the troops of San Martin to liberate this continent. That is Simon Bolivar. "
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He
Over
Soldiers
" Raul Reyes was a good revolutionary. I knew him personally. "
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Him
Personally
Knew
" I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism. "
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Path
Socialism
World
" What a thing, Europe. Europe! The cultured Europe! We are the barbarians, the Indians, the blacks, the southerners. How cynical is Europe. Chavez the tyrant! Chavez the strongman! Chavez, who wants to stay forever. While there, they have kings, my friend! "
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Kings
Forever
Cynical
" Dr. Insulza is quite an idiot, a true idiot. The insipid Dr. Insulza should resign from the secretariat of the OAS for daring to play that role. "
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True
Role
Should
" 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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World
American
Dictatorship
" 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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Health
You
Think
" We must be aware of consumerism! That's our tendency. It's the capitalistic curse that we were poisoned with. We should spend only what is necessary. How do you call the big cars, the latest ones? Hummer! Not a single dollar to import Hummers! What is that? What is that? What kind of revolution is this? One of Hummers? No way! "
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Curse
Kind
You
" I neglected my health, and I was reluctant to have medical check-ups. It was a fundamental mistake for a revolutionary, to the Venezuelan people and the international public opinion. "
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People
Health
Medical
" I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ. "
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Me
I Am
Believe
" 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
Morals
" Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral. "
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Ethics
Architecture
World
" Venezuela is supporting tens of thousands of poor families in the United States with heating oil. "
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Oil
Venezuela
United States
" I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang. "
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Painter
Painted
Wanted
" 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. "
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Energy
Life
Research
" 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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Venezuela
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