"It was at dawn of Abril 25 of 1974, during the parade of Practical Cavalry School, in Santarém, that (Capitan) Salgueiro Maia uttered the famous speech:
’ Gentlemen, as everyone knows, there are various modalities of State.
The socialist States,
the capitalist States,
and the state we came to.
Well, in this solemn night, we will end the state we came to!
So, whoever wants to come with me, we go to Lisbon and we will end this.
Whoever is voluntary, go out, form up.
Whoever doesn’t want to go out, stay here.’
Every 240 of those man that eard this words, spoken so firmly, so characteristic of Salgueiro Maia, formed up immediately in front of him.
Next they went to Lisbon and marched on the dictatorship. "
And with more and more military/citizens joining in through the day, they ended a 41 year old dictatorship that kept Portugal in poverty and ignorence.
Another great man, Commander Seixas Louça, of the frigate “Gago Coutinho” in the river Tejo,
going out to open waters to join a NATO mission, was order to go back up river, stand anchored in front of “Terreiro do Paço”,
(the open square and nevralgic center of Portugal, from where most of the ships went to the discoveries of globalisation more than 500 years before, and where the Ministries are today)
AND ORDERED TO SHOOT on the city, on their brothers in arms and citizens, if the “movement” continued.
He refused. He did take the ship there, but didn’t anchor and pointed the guns up.
The Wolrd needs more people like Capitan Salgueiro Maia and his 240, that knew when to take action,
and more like Commander Seixas Louça and his battleship of warriors that knew when not to take it, because they knew what war was, and that the “movement”, wasn’t it.
The only good things about Antonio Salazar (Slytherin…yeah Rowling used his last name as the first name of the wizard) was (mostly) keeping Portugal out of the wars (mostly) and dying.
Certainly.
“And now the state is this.”
"It was at dawn of Abril 25 of 1974, during the parade of Practical Cavalry School, in Santarém, that (Capitan) Salgueiro Maia uttered the famous speech:
’ Gentlemen, as everyone knows, there are various modalities of State.
The socialist States,
the capitalist States,
and the state we came to.
Well, in this solemn night, we will end the state we came to!
So, whoever wants to come with me, we go to Lisbon and we will end this.
Whoever is voluntary, go out, form up.
Whoever doesn’t want to go out, stay here.’
Every 240 of those man that eard this words, spoken so firmly, so characteristic of Salgueiro Maia, formed up immediately in front of him.
Next they went to Lisbon and marched on the dictatorship. "
And with more and more military/citizens joining in through the day, they ended a 41 year old dictatorship that kept Portugal in poverty and ignorence.
Another great man, Commander Seixas Louça, of the frigate “Gago Coutinho” in the river Tejo,
going out to open waters to join a NATO mission, was order to go back up river, stand anchored in front of “Terreiro do Paço”,
(the open square and nevralgic center of Portugal, from where most of the ships went to the discoveries of globalisation more than 500 years before, and where the Ministries are today)
AND ORDERED TO SHOOT on the city, on their brothers in arms and citizens, if the “movement” continued.
He refused. He did take the ship there, but didn’t anchor and pointed the guns up.
The Wolrd needs more people like Capitan Salgueiro Maia and his 240, that knew when to take action,
and more like Commander Seixas Louça and his battleship of warriors that knew when not to take it, because they knew what war was, and that the “movement”, wasn’t it.
The only good things about Antonio Salazar (Slytherin…yeah Rowling used his last name as the first name of the wizard) was (mostly) keeping Portugal out of the wars (mostly) and dying.
Certainly.