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

I am being bombed by questions of all kinds. I will try to be very concise and try to explain to the American people. We had a great number of mistakes in the economic fleld, naturally. I am not the critic. It is Fidel Castro, the one who has criticized repeatedly the mistakes we have made, and he explained why we have made them. We did not have a previous preparation. We made mistakes in agriculture. We made mistakes in industry. All these mistakes are being settled now.

To execute a man we don't need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it's necessary to execute him. It's that simple.

Mexicans are a band of illiterate Indians.

The guerrilla band is not to be considered inferior to the army against which it fights simply because it is inferior in fire power.

Imperialism has been defeated in many partial battles. But it remains a considerable force in the world, and we cannot expect its final defeat save through effort and sacrifice on the part of all of us.

The best form of saying is doing.