"The greatest danger threatening us is not that of being defeated, but that of being corrupted."

"I have concluded – maybe a little late – that speeches must be short."

"We do not accept a world in which some are born rich and others are born poor."

"Socialism or death! This is our slogan, because we believe in socialism."

"I'll be 90 years old soon. Soon I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain as proof that on this planet, if one works with fervor …"