There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.

I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement, but we do not have to say that we are anticommunists just to fawn on foreign powers.

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

There is nothing more agreeable than having a place where one can throw on the floor as many cigar butts as one pleases without the subconscious fear of a maid who is waiting like a sentinel to place an ashtray where the ashes are going to fall.

Cuba has the cleanest and most-educated prostitutes in the world.

The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.

I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun.