I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.

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 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.

We have a theoretical concept of the Revolution which is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.

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

On birthdays I avoid taking hasty or impulsive measures.

We must establish a new world order based on justice, on equity, and on peace.