Venezuela has changed forever.

Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.

Let the dogs of the empire bark, that's their job; ours is to battle to achieve the true liberation of our people.

Democracy is impossible in a capitalist system. Capitalism is the realm of injustice and a tyranny of the richest against the poorest.

I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.

What hurts me most is poverty, and that's what led me to become a rebel.

The grand destroyer of the world, and the greatest threat... is represented by U.S. imperialism.

We have to re-invent socialism. It can't be the kind of socialism that we saw in the Soviet Union, but it will emerge as we develop new systems that are built on cooperation, not competition.

Israel has gone mad. It's attacking, doing the same thing to the Palestinian and Lebanese people that they have criticised - and with reason - the Holocaust . But this is a new Holocaust.

We shall remember Gaddafi our whole lives as a great fighter, a revolutionary and a martyr.

If the climate were a bank, they would already have saved it.

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?

I'm rather inclined to liking people.

The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.

To overcome any sort of fear is satisfying, and to overcome it well is even better.

Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust.

Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

History is not was, it is.