"We are not afraid of weapons; we are not afraid of bombs; we are not afraid of anything. We are only afraid of hunger and unemployment."

"I have never seen a single dollar bill in my life. I have never had a bank account. I have never had a private property."

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

"I have never seen a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas that sustain the Christian faith."

"I have no personal ambitions. I only want to serve my people."