When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church if I ever had impure thoughts about a girl. That very evening, I had to rush to confess my sin. And the next night, and the next. After a week, I decided religion wasn't for me.

I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.

The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.

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.

... If Mr. Kennedy does not like Socialism, we do not like imperialism. We do not like Capitalism.

Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

If religious feeling is put in opposition to social change, then it does become an opium, but if it is joined to the struggle for social change then it is a wonderful medicine.