Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the man for the hour.
FIDEL CASTROCondemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me.
More Fidel Castro Quotes
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All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.
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I was a man who was lucky enough to have discovered a political theory, a man who was caught up in the whirlpool of Cuba’s political crisis…; discovering Marxism…was like finding a map in the forest.
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My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system now doesn’t work either for the United States or the world, driving it from crisis to crisis, which are each time more serious.
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We have a theoretical concept of the Revolution which is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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North Americans don’t understand that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
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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.
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I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not people driven by a wish to be in the government since it is for us the least attractive work, even though we are politicians.
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We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.
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If Mr. Kennedy does not like Socialism, we do not like imperialism. We do not like Capitalism.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?
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So these Red Sox, are they a Communist organization?
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The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.
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Good athletes do not know what tiredness is. They do not know what discouragement is. Good athletes only know what victory is.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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