“In the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty.”

There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?

Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.

So these Red Sox, are they a Communist organization?

We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also.

The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.

Repetition is a revolutionary virtue.

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.

Quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.

I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.

We are going to give a little something, a few little years more, to socialism, because socialism is defunct. It dies all by itself. The bad thing is that socialism, being a victim of its Did I say socialism?

I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun.

There are enough doctors on the planet so that nobody has to die for lack of attendance.

There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.

I do not conceive of any manifestation of culture, of science, of art, as purposes in themselves. I think the purpose of science and culture is man.

I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.

I’ve always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.

Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.

Making is always a slightly hopeful thing because once you’ve made something, it’ll – the world will be different.

I like the fact that there was a European, first-time director. I’d known of him because I’m from Europe.

He’s got to have a bit of an edge, but that would be nice.

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it

Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia.