Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the man for the hour.

I’m not attached to anything. I’m attached to what it feels it's my duty, to do my duty. I think that I will die with the boots on.

There are enough doctors on the planet so that nobody has to die for lack of attendance.

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

The duty of every revolutionary is to make revolution

This country is heaven, in the spiritual sense of the word. And I say, we prefer to die in heaven than survive in hell.

All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.

If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.

A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.

I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.

We have a theoretical concept of the Revolution which is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.

Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.

We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.

There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

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

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.

One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.

Condemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me.