Hugo Chavez Quotes

Hugo Chavez — Statesman born on July 28, 1954, died on March 05, 2013

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, commonly known as Hugo Chavez, was a Venezuelan politician who was President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. He was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, which he led until 2012... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

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.

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

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.