Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy, with discrimination against Blacks and outrages by the Ku Klux Klan.

Revolution cleanses men, improving them as the experimental farmer corrects the defects of his plants.

Revolutions are not exportable: revolutions are created by oppressive conditions which Latin American countries exercise against their peoples.

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.

Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante. Once more, I'm on the road with my shield on my arm.

A new era will dawn in Africa, when the impoverished masses of a nation rise up to rescue their right to a decent life from the hands of the ruling oligarchies.