"We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it."

"We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. Our share, the responsibility of the exploited and underdeveloped of the world, is to eliminate the foundations of imperialism: our oppressed nations, from where they extract capital, raw materials, technicians, and cheap labor, and to which they export new capital-instruments of domination-arms and all kinds of articles, thus submerging us in an absolute dependence."

"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall."

"Everyday you have to fight so that love for humanity can be transformed into concrete deeds, into acts that set an example, that mobilize."

"Let's be realistic. Let's do the impossible!"

"If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades."

"The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study."

"I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting."

"Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the murderers of blacks remain free, protecting them, and furthermore punishing the black population because they demand their legitimate rights as free men - how can those who do this consider themselves guardians of freedom?"