"I am not interested in personal power, I am interested in the power of the people."

"I smoke cigars, but I do not inhale."

"I am not interested in power nor do I envisage assuming it at any time. All that I will do is to make sure that the sacrifices of so many compatriots should not be in vain, whatever the future may hol…"

"The greatest glory of the revolution is to have made it possible for any Cuban to feel the owner of his own destiny."

"I have reached the conclusion that the only way to defend the revolution is to make many enemies."