António de Oliveira Salazar quotes

António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of Portugal for several decades. As the architect of the Estado Novo regime, he established an authoritarian government marked by censorship and political repression. He left a controversial legacy as a key figure in 20th-century Portuguese history. Here are 23 of his quotes:

The day I leave the power, inside my pockets will only be dust.

António de Oliveira Salazar

Who is not patriotic can not be considered Portuguese.

António de Oliveira Salazar

Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the soul of the nation and the dominant trait of character of the Portuguese people.

António de Oliveira Salazar

In politics, what appears is.

António de Oliveira Salazar

I have the grace of providence to be poor.

António de Oliveira Salazar

I know what I want, and where to go.

António de Oliveira Salazar

State is the nation socially organized.

António de Oliveira Salazar

The United Nations is useless...and also harmful. It is a land that flowers demagoguery with a bunch of newborn countries, devoid of any tradition.

António de Oliveira Salazar

Do not discuss God and his reason, does not discuss the motherland and the nation.

António de Oliveira Salazar

No one has to thank me for accepting the burden, because it is so big sacrifice for me to please or I would not do for kindness to anyone. I do this to for my country, as a duty of conscience, coldly, calmly completed.

António de Oliveira Salazar

All for the nation, nothing against the nation.

António de Oliveira Salazar

The discussions have revealed the mistake, but not explained the problem, since even if you know what you will understand it for democracy.

António de Oliveira Salazar

To Angola, quickly and with strength!

António de Oliveira Salazar

Do not discuss God and virtue. Do not discuss the homeland and its history. Do not discuss the authority and prestige. Do not discuss the family and its moral. Not discuss the glory of work and their duty.

António de Oliveira Salazar

Half a dozen slaps the time.

António de Oliveira Salazar

Definitely, decisively, the Nation, for us...and even for them.

António de Oliveira Salazar

God, Homeland, Family.

António de Oliveira Salazar

Proudly alone!

António de Oliveira Salazar

Salazar was, undoubtedly, one of the most remarkable men in the history of Portugal and possessed a quality that remarkable men do not always have: the right intention.

António de Oliveira Salazar

Portugal, under the leadership of Salazar, became an island of peace and liberty in Europe during the dark years of World War II and its aftermath.

António de Oliveira Salazar