Daily Inspiration Quote by Alberto Fujimori

A president reaches for the ugliest noun in the political dictionary - "blackmail" - and suddenly the moral math flips. Fujimori isn’t merely condemning terrorists; he’s accusing someone of exploiting pain as leverage. The phrasing does surgical work: it relocates agency away from the hostage-takers alone and onto any intermediary, negotiator, media outlet, or political rival seen as pressing the state to concede. By saying "at the expense of the suffering of the hostages", he frames compassion itself as a weaponized currency. Sympathy becomes suspect.

The intent is defensive and preemptive. In hostage crises, a government can look either heartless (if it refuses to deal) or weak (if it yields). Fujimori’s line tries to escape that trap by redefining the debate: the real scandal isn’t the standoff, it’s the pressure campaign around it. "In fact" signals a leader claiming privileged access to truth, closing the door on alternate interpretations. It’s not a tragedy to manage; it’s a scheme to resist.

The subtext carries a distinctly Fujimorista signature: order over deliberation, state authority over messy civil society. Coming from a leader associated with hardline counterinsurgency and a willingness to bend democratic norms, the quote also doubles as permission structure. If negotiations are "blackmail", then refusing them - and escalating force - becomes not just strategic but virtuous.

Contextually, Fujimori governed Peru in the long shadow of insurgent violence, where hostage-taking and terror were not abstractions but political instruments. The line treats hostage suffering as real, yet rhetorically converts it into justification: the state must not be emotionally extorted, even when the emotions are earned.