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" 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

Energy

Life

" If we reduced the military expenses in 10 percent of the world, we would have enough money to save millions of lives in this world. "

" They do not walk in... the path of Christ. "

" I've been in revolt for years against ignominy, against injustice, against inequality, against immorality, against the exploitation of human beings. "

" 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! "

" Raul Reyes was a good revolutionary. I knew him personally. "

" Fidel is a Marxist-Leninist. I am not. Fidel is an atheist. I am not. One day, we discussed God and Christ. I told Castro, I am a Christian. I believe in the Social Gospels of Christ. He doesn't. Just doesn't. More than once, Castro told me that Venezuela is not Cuba, and we are not in the 1960s. "

Hugo Chavez

God

Christian

" Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the intellectuals, who could put limits on their government? "

" 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. "

" Castro has been a teacher for me. A master. Not on ideology but on strategy. "

Hugo Chavez

Master

Ideology

" Noam Chomsky has a book, which I read for the first time when I was in Spain, called 'Fear of Democracy'. There is your answer. Fear of democracy. In Honduras, they had a sham democracy. It was run by elites, what was called a liberal democracy, but in reality was a false democracy. "

" Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels. "

" Artists are never wrong when they paint revolution with the beautiful dress and with the sword. On the horse or by foot. Because revolution is a woman. "

" I have said it already, I am convinced that the way to build a new and better world is not capitalism. Capitalism leads us straight to hell. "

" I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang. "

" I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism. "

" The problem is not the oil, but what they do with the oil. The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources. "

" 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? "

" Venezuela, with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, is a full member of Mercosur. And many other Latin American countries, CARICOM, Bolivia have expressed their support for Venezuela. The Arab League, the full Arab League has voiced its support. "

" Most governments in the United States in a hundred years have not respected the peoples of Latin America. They have sponsored coup d'etats, assassinations. "

" 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. "

" This has been a great victory for the Venezuelan people. "

" 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. "

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

" I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother. "

" The imperialists see extremists everywhere. It's not that we are extremists. It's that the world is waking up. It's waking up all over, and people are standing up. "

" What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil. "

" 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. "

Hugo Chavez

History

People

" We must reduce the emissions 100 percent. In Venezuela, the emissions are currently insignificant compared to the emissions of the developed countries. "

" I believe in God, in Jesus Christ. I love Jesus Christ. I am a Christian... I cry when I see injustice, children dying of hunger. "