Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who do not value the Brazilian democracy. (...) I am proud to have lied. Lying under torture is not easy. In the face of torture, a person with dignity lies. Enduring torture is very difficult (...) The pain is unbearable; you can not imagine how. I am proud to have lied, because I saved my comrades from the same torture and from death.

Author: Dilma Rousseff
Year: 2008
Year evidence: 2008
Source: Quotes / 2008 — Responding to Senator José Agripino Maia - former member of ARENA , ruling party of the military dictatorship - in a Senate hearing, May 7. He suggested that, for having lied when she was interrogated by the political police, she could also have been lying about the leak of data of Fernando Henrique Cardoso 's personal expenditures.
Source links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiyezo1fLRs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Renewal_Alliance_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Henrique_Cardoso
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