Coup Quotes

53 Coup quotes by 50 unique authors

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about beginning with the Revolution, and in a certain way, developed… — Jose Saramago
The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in… — Bob Woodward
I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body… — Kurt Vonnegut
For a hundred years or more the world, our world, has been dying. And not one man, in these last hundred years or so, has… — Henry Miller
Love is now, is always. All that is missing is the coup de grâce- which is called passion. — Clarice Lispector
In a manner of speaking. As we intend for you to found a dynasty. And that dynasty will rule society until it has progressed enough… — James Patterson
If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape the debilitating cynicism… — Alain de Botton
They stared at her curiously, and she caught snatches of conversation in two or three languages. It wasn't hard to guess their content, and she… — Lois McMaster Bujold
the marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a rock star and… — John Green
On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And then, on a… — Isabel Allende
Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen… — Isabel Allende
Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a… — Jose Mujica
After the 1960 royal coup, I spent time in India - including three years in prison. — Sushil Koirala
In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup and send President… — Noam Chomsky
Pinochet took power in a 1973 military coup that the United States supported. — Elliott Abrams
On Aug. 19, 1953, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran became the first victim of a C.I.A. coup. Ten months later, on June 27, 1954,… — Stephen Kinzer
Electing a black president was probably the only coup America could pull off. — Nick Nolte
Similar questions were posed to Allende as to me. Allende was told that he blamed everything on a conspiracy, on the economic crisis, that he… — Nicolas Maduro
The greatest propaganda coup of the American Right has been to convince its citizens that we are in the grip of a liberal conspiracy. As… — Shane Smith
The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was really a coup - we got it made because we pitched… — Alex Winter
I never staged a coup. They picked me up. Like I say, they forced me to become premier, maybe hoping that by that way, they… — Nguyen Cao Ky
Youth, it appeared, was full of illusions as to how much sexual energy two people might have to spare while hiking forty or so kilometers… — Superman
The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half a million votes less nationally than… — Mark Edwards
I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the… — Kamisese Mara
This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is. — Fay Vincent

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