Democracy is impossible in a capitalist system. Capitalism is the realm of injustice and a tyranny of the richest against the poorest.

We want to be brothers and sisters. We want respect and equality. Simon Bolivar, our father, said a balanced world - a universe - a balanced universe in order to have peace and development.

Even socialist dictators have an interest in gorgeous supermodels.

I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.

I do wish that the IMF and the World Bank would disappear soon.

No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.

I would like to invite the citizens of Great Britain and the citizens of the U.S. and the citizens of the world to come here and walk freely through the streets of Venezuela, to talk to anyone they want, to watch television, to read the papers. We are building a true democracy, with human rights for everyone, social rights, education, health care, pensions, social security, and jobs.