"I am not an adventurer, but one of those who is willing to give his life to defend what he believes."

"I reached the conclusion that the only way to avoid the path of war was to try to organize a system of collective security that would prevent aggression."

"The United States has no right to tell us what to do. We are a sovereign country. We are not a colony of the United States."

"The greatest challenge facing humanity is the preservation of the environment."

"I don't think there is a single country in the world that has been subjected to such an aggression, such a blockade, such a systematic campaign of destabilization, as Cuba."