All Quotes by António de Oliveira Salazar
“God, Homeland, Family.”
“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.”
“In politics, what appears is.”
“I know what I want, and where to go.”
“Half a dozen slaps the time.”
“To Angola, quickly and with strength!”
“Proudly alone!”
“Do not discuss God and his reason, does not discuss the motherland and the nation.”
“All for the nation, nothing against the nation.”
“I have the grace of providence to be poor.”
“Who is not patriotic can not be considered Portuguese.”
“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.”
“Teach your children to work, teach your daughters modesty, teach all the virtue of economy. And if not make them saints, at least make them Christians.”
“State is the nation socially organized.”
“The discussions have revealed the mistake, but not explained the problem, since even if you know what you will understand it for democracy.”
“Definitely, decisively, the Nation, for us...and even for them.”
“The day I leave the power, inside my pockets will only be dust.”
“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.”
“Those who can, must obey.”
“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.”