I haven't any thirst for revenge.

Venezuela has the biggest oil reserves in the world. And the biggest gas reserves in this hemisphere, the eighth in the world. Venezuela was a U.S. oil colony. All of our oil was going up to the north, and the gas was being used by the U.S. and not by us. Now we are diversifying. Our oil is helping the poor.

I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.

I think developed countries - so-called developed countries - should reflect upon the way of living and the waste of energy.

Venezuela has changed forever.

What would happen if we financed somebody in the U.S. to destabilize the government of George W. Bush? They would go to prison, certainly.

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.