“Everybody knows that dozens of assassination plots were organized, apart from the induced plans, because there are direct plans in which the CIA participated, and there are induced plans where an entire campaign was conducted, a advocacy that any crazy person opposed the Revolution, could commit assassination; however, plans that were directly organized by them, and the groups at their service, dozens and dozens of plans. Until a Commission from the U.S Congress carried out investigations and confirmed a number of all those plans. Then, it was not Cuba saying that.
“Alfa 66, a notorious organization of counter revolutionaries in Miami (is the) organizer, in complicity with the CIA, of assassination plots using potassium cyanide and silencers… Why do they (the CIA) want to prepare so many assassination plots and other things? Now, the thesis of the CIA is that Castro has to be eliminated to achieve moving the Revolution backward, changing the line, achieving that Cuba takes a more moderate position —and in this Alfa, Johnson, CIA, Faría, micro factionalists, the political mafia coincide. And they are illusions. ”
“In fact, when they (terrorists) are organizing a lot of plans of such a nature, instead of being sad, I’m happy, because a challenge is what I love most. They know that I like challenges, they know that I’m not going to walk over there when they are here; I’m going to walk this side, as a matter of principles, a matter of honor. And many times, I’ll go there, close to them, and I talk to them, and discuss; but they don’t have arguments, they don’t have ideas to discuss, and many times, or nearly never or never, they have the courage to do things. ”
“You will remember how nearly every night aircraft came parachuting arms shipments; you will remember the tens of times when they tried to send them the most modern explosives through our coasts, and they tried to send them all kind of weapons…And the countless assassination plots together with that: assassination attempts on the leaders of the Revolution, conspiracies, plots… In brief, there were so many attempts that we have to feel admiration —how else can you explain it? — that the leaders of the Revolution continue alive.
“I remember when I visited Chile during Allende’s time, that they were organizing attempts of assassination during the 20-days tour, even at a certain moment, there was a camera in front of me, which had the weapons inside. I had spoken before cameras which have weapons; but they are not fanatics, they are not fundamentalists, they are mercenaries, and mercenaries want to live to enjoy the payment they receive, so, on that occasion when they were with the camera in front of me, they didn’t dare to press the shutter release of the weapons. ”
“And when justice reigns, there will be no revenge. Justice has to prevail today to avoid further attempts of assassination against anyone; and as justice reigns, there will be neither revenge nor hatred. We shall exile hatred from the Republic like an evil shadow that ambition bequeathed to us...”
“I believe I must hold the dubious record for having been the target and objective of the most attack plans than any other politician in any other country or at any other time.”