We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. Our share, the responsibility of the exploited and underdeveloped of the world, is to eliminate the foundations of imperialism: our oppressed nations, from where they extract capital, raw materials, technicians, and cheap labor, and to which they export new capital-instruments of domination-arms and all kinds of articles, thus submerging us in an absolute dependence.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

Words without deeds are worthless.

If it is an element of liberation for Latin America, I believe that it should have demonstrated that. Until now, I have not been aware of any such demonstration. The IMF performs an entirely different function: precisely that of ensuring that capital based outside of Latin America controls all of Latin America.

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.

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

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.