“Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy.”

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

To execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

Every person has the truth in his heart. No matter how complicated his circumstances, no matter how others look at him from the outside, and no matter how deep or shallow the truth dwells in his heart, once his heart is pieced with a crystal needle, the truth will gush forth like a geyser.

Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.

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.

Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.

I will fight with all the weapons within my reach rather than let myself be nailed to a cross or whatever.

Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.

It’s a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

I have a wish. It as a fear as well – that in my end will be my beginning.

Remember that the revolution is what is important, and each one of us, alone, is worth nothing.

India is a country that shares the values of freedom, democracy, basic human rights and the rule of law with the United States and Japan.

Russia does not and cannot have any political choice but democracy.

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

You and I have never seen democracy; all we’ve seen is hypocrisy.

Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest.