...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a clenched fist and a tense jaw, the epitome of hatred and struggle, because you are not a symbol (some inanimate example) but a genuine member of the society to be destroyed; the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and motivates your actions. You are as useful as I am, but you are not aware of how useful your contribution is to the society that sacrifices you.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

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

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

The ***** is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent.

We have denounced in all assemblies, in all places where we have had the opportunity to speak, the illegality of flights and the fact that there is a base against the will of the Cuban people.

Mexicans are a band of illiterate Indians.