The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.

Condemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me.

We must establish a new world order based on justice, on equity, and on peace.

One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.

It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and a plan of action.

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.

...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.

There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?

I've always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.

Wisdom might be conversion into a tree.

Time define the moment.

My mum is a school teacher and my dad is an electrician.

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.

The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of a collective purpose.

The problem is efforts by liberals to establish a wall between religion and society, in the guise of maintaining the wall between church and state.

Don't bother explaining--I've heard all the excuses and the trouble is most of them are true.

Life's a climb, but the view's great.

Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing every single time.