The desire to sacrifice an entire lifetime to the noblest of ideals serves no purpose if one works alone.

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.

When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.

Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity.

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

The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic, predicts the future, but in addition to predicting it (which would satisfy his scientific obligation), he expresses a revolutionary concept: the world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.

We will not accept any conditions from the U.S.