I Promise All Cuban Mothers That I

I Can Assure You That My First And Foremost Interest Is My Country. This Is Not A Personal Matter. We Are Not People Driven By A Wish To Be In The Government Since [it] Is For Us The Least Attractive Work, Even Though We Are Politicians.

A Large Percentage Of Those Living In Developed Societies Are Told What Brand Of Soda They Should Drink, What Cigarettes They Should Smoke, What Clothes And Shoes They Should Wear, What They Should Eat And What Brand Of Food They Should Buy. Their Political Ideas Are Supplied In The Same Way. Every Year A Trillion Dollars Is Spent On Advertising.

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.

I Am Not A Dictator, And I Do Not Think I Will Become One. I Will Not Maintain Power With A Machine Gun.

We Have A Theoretical Concept Of The Revolution Which Is A Dictatorship Of The Exploited Against The Exploiters.