I think that one of the great things that the Cuban revolution has done is preserve history.

The more you understand what you're dealing with, the stronger you get. People see fear as a bad thing. Fear is healthy when you're dealing with Amerika. But when fear controls you, when you're afraid to struggle fear is a bad thing. I'm more afraid of what will happen if I don't struggle, than what will happen if I do

I must confess that waltzes do not move me, I guess I hummed the blues too early, and spent too many midnights out wailing to the rain.

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.

We are pregnant with freedom.

Like all other Black revolutionaries, Amerika is trying to lynch me.

In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.