There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!

Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.

There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like.

In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the results. Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.