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

It would have been the easiest thing in the world for us to build those emplacements under the guise of something totally different and they would have never been discovered. The amazing thing was that they weren't discovered earlier. It was a question of carelessness, lack of foresight.

I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas.

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

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.

Forgive me for using the term 'fat little brother'. It is not a criticism, rather a suggestion that he do some exercises and go on a diet, don't you think? I'm doing this for the gentleman's health.

The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.