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"The land belongs to those that till it" (p 191).

"Why did certain districts never see an orange before the war of liberation, while thousands of tons are exported every year abroad?" (p 192).

"The settler was singularly forgetful of the fact that he was growing rich through the death throes of the slave. In fact what the settler was saying to the native was, "Kill yourself that I may become rich"" (p 194).

"That famous dictatorship (...) in fact symbolizes the decision of the bourgeois caste to govern the underdeveloped country first with the help of the people, but soon against them. The progressive transformation of the party to an information service is the indication that the government holds itself more and more on the defensive."