We sold sugar with the specific conditions established by American buyers, which in turn dominated the internal market and production in Cuba. Now if we would sell sugar to the U.S., it would be the Cuban Government the one who would sell it, and it would be a complete profit for our people.

I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.

We are not the ones who create revolutions. It is the imperialist system and its allies, internal allies, the ones who create revolution.

...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a clenched fist and a tense jaw, the epitome of hatred and struggle, because you are not a symbol (some inanimate example) but a genuine member of the society to be destroyed; the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and motivates your actions. You are as useful as I am, but you are not aware of how useful your contribution is to the society that sacrifices you.

A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.

I have sworn before a picture of the old and mourned comrade Stalin that I won’t rest until I see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.

I knew that when the great guiding spirit cleaves humanity into two antagonistic halves, I will be with the people.