If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.

U.S. leaders should think that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.

Were Kennedy not a millionaire, illiterate and ignorant, then he would obviously understand that you cannot revolt against the peasants.

The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.

I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not people driven by a wish to be in the government since [it] is for us the least attractive work, even though we are politicians.

No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!

We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also.