"I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ."

"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."

"I never thought I would live to be 90 years old, but here I am."

"The United States has always been a friend of the Cuban people, but not of their government."

"I am a man of peace, but I am also a man of war."