Coup Quotes

First-hand accounts of being ousted, and arguments against coups as policy.

These coup quotes come largely from people who experienced one directly, including leaders who describe being deposed by a coup d'etat, in one case with the involvement of trusted friends and outside government support. Our Change quotes cover political transitions from other perspectives.

I'm very disappointed by the mature-democracy countries. I was ousted by a coup d'etat.

Quotes by Thaksin Shinawatra

Shouldn't the General Assembly adopt a declaration on the inadmissibility of interference into domestic affairs of sovereign states and nonrecognition of coup d'etats as a method of the change of power?

Quotes by Sergei Lavrov

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In Honduras, in particular, Hillary Clinton as Obama's secretary of state was instrumental in legitimizing the coup's subsequent death-squad regime.

Quotes by Greg Grandin

I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.

Quotes by Ferdinand Marcos

This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.

Quotes by Fay Vincent

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One quote calls for the General Assembly to formally reject coup d'etats as a legitimate method of changing power, while another criticizes a specific administration's role in legitimizing a coup's aftermath. See our American quotes and Aided quotes for related angles on foreign involvement.