Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

In Cuba there are no drugs nor will there be.

No country is 100 percent free of human rights abuses.

The notion that Cuba is the only country in the world where you can live without working must be erased forever.

I never liked the idea of giving interviews. One says many things, but when they are published, they become shortened, condensed. The ideas lose their meaning.

I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it.

As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.