"I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that gave me strength in my youth and the ideas that I have now. They are the same ideas, but I have developed them."

"I never thought of being a politician. I always wanted to be a baseball player."

"We are not going to give up our dreams. We are not going to give up our hopes."

"If this revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself. Because by the time there will be a million, a million and a half people with no work, people who will not believe in a…"

"I don't propose to be a dictator. I don't propose to be a tyrant. I propose to be a leader of a revolution."