It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

Every person has the truth in his heart. No matter how complicated his circumstances, no matter how others look at him from the outside, and no matter how deep or shallow the truth dwells in his heart, once his heart is pieced with a crystal needle, the truth will gush forth like a geyser.

The question is one of fighting the causes and not just being satisfied with getting rid of the effects.

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

If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades.

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.

There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man.