"I apologize if I have offended anyone with my words, but I will not apologize for my ideas."

"The United States has a law that says if you are Cuban and you step on U.S. soil, you are immediately a U.S. citizen. And then they complain about illegal immigration."

"The revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimo…"

"I consider myself a socialist, a communist, a Marxist-Leninist."

"We are fighting for the freedom of our people, for the dignity of our nation."