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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/simon-bolivar-when-history-led-him-and-as-karl-marx-said-men-can-make/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

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> [To paraphrase Karl Marx, the great Karl Marx, a specter is haunting the streets of Copenhagen...Capitalism is the specter, almost nobody wants to mention it...Socialism, the other specter Karl Marx spoke about, which walks here too, rather it is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/to-paraphrase-karl-marx-the-great-karl-marx-a-specter-is-haunting-the/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

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## Other authors on Karl Marx

## More by Hugo Chavez

> [The president of the United States of North America, George W. Bush, the little gentleman of the North, the political cadaver that is visiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-president-of-the-united-states-of-north-america-george-w-bush-the/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/mutual-respect-that-s-what-it-takes-to-be-friends/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/we-also-exchange-oil-for-software-technology-uruguay-is-one-of-the/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [Venezuela, with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, is a full member of Mercosur. And many other Latin American countries, CARICOM, Bolivia have expressed their support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/venezuela-with-brazil-argentina-paraguay-uruguay-is-a-full-member-of/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [The immoral veto of the United States allowed the Israelis, with impunity, to destroy Lebanon. Right in front of all of us as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-immoral-veto-of-the-united-states-allowed-the-israelis-with/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [Every factory must be a school to educate, like Che Guevara said, to produce not only briquettes, steel, and aluminum, but also, above all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/every-factory-must-be-a-school-to-educate-like-che-guevara-said-to/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [Venezuela has changed forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/venezuela-has-changed-forever/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [When we were children, we were told that we have a motherland, and that motherland was Spain. However, we have discovered later, in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/when-we-were-children-we-were-told-that-we-have-a-motherland-and-that/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/i-wish-obama-would-focus-on-governing-the-united-states-and-would/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/when-imperialism-feels-weak-it-resorts-to-brute-force/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/i-neglected-my-health-and-i-was-reluctant-to-have-medical-check-ups/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [The world should forget about cheap oil. The price will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-world-should-forget-about-cheap-oil-the-price-will-keep-going-up/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [As Chomsky says here, clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/as-chomsky-says-here-clearly-and-in-depth-the-american-empire-is/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [Simon Bolivar is the leader of the revolution of this land. He is the leader of the social revolution, the people's revolution, the historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/simon-bolivar-is-the-leader-of-the-revolution-of-this-land-he-is-the/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

> [I've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/i-ve-learned-to-appreciate-the-thinking-of-john-kennedy/)

[Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/)

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