"And so, in the farewell to the people who have died today, to those soldiers, to those workers, I don’t have any other idea of saying good-bye than the idea which symbolizes this fight and represents what our people are today. Rest in peace together, workers and soldiers together, together in their tombs as they fought together, as they died together and as we are willing to die together "
"It is a fact that the Cuban Revolution has not enjoyed a moment of peace. The Agrarian Reform had barely been passed, before the five-month mark of the revolutionary triumph had been reached and the programs of sabotage, fires, obstruction and the use of harmful chemical measures were begun against our country. These even came to include pests to attack vital productions and even human health."
"The terrorist mafia and its collaborators should have known that out of honor and principle, Cuba has been ready more than once in the past to sacrifice laurels and interests".
“We cannot say that the pain is shared. The pain multiplies. Today millions of Cubans weep alongside the loved ones of the victims of that abominable crime. And when an energetic and virile people weep, injustice trembles!”
"Our brothers and sisters who died in Barbados are no longer only our martyrs, they are also symbols in the struggle against terrorism. They rise today like giants in this historic battle for the eradication of terrorism from Earth..."
“[…] as peoples are liberating themselves from all those bonds, from the fear the oligarchies inspire with their terror and their crimes, when what happened here happens in the other sister countries of Latin America, we shall see what the imperialists can do.”
“A lesson can be drawn from that: none of the problems affecting today’s world can be solved with the use of force, there is no global, technological or military power that can guarantee total immunity against such acts, […]. Therefore, the general effort of the international community must be to put an end to a number of conflicts affecting the world, at least in this area. It is indispensable to put an end to world terrorism and build a worldwide awareness against terrorism.”
“None of the problems affecting today’s world can be solved with the use of force, there is no global, technological or military power that can guarantee total immunity against such acts, because they can be organized by small groups, difficult to detect, and what is more complicated, carried out by suicidal people. Therefore, the general effort of the international community must be to put an end to a number of conflicts affecting the world, at least in this area. It is indispensable to put an end to world terrorism.”
"Why, in the name of freedom of information, do they not declassify a single document that will tell us how the CIA, almost half a century ago, exploded the steamship La Coubre?"
"If the empire managed to secure control of Cuba again, not one of these higher institutions created by the Revolution would remain to guarantee young people this right. It would send most young people to the countryside, to cut sugarcane. It is a declared policy. It would attempt to steal the artistic and scientific talents Cuba has nurtured, as it has done in other countries in our hemisphere.