"I think that I will die with the boots on."

"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."

"I'll be 90 years old soon. Soon I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain as proof that on this planet, if one works with fervor …"

"I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be a Marxist-Leninist until the last day of my life."

"The enemies of the revolution are like the flies: they are always there, but they cannot stop the revolution."