I've always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.

Revolutionaries must proclaim their ideas courageously ... and express their intentions so that no one is deceived.

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

The Jews have lived an existence that is much harder than ours. There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.

There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?

In the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty.

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.