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A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.

Fidel Castro

North Americans don’t understand that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
FIDEL CASTRO

Country Humanity Understand
The truth is that after several decades of neoliberalism, the rich are becoming increasingly richer while the poor are both more numerous and increasingly poorer.
FIDEL CASTRO

Poor Rich Truth
Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.
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Capacity Capital Moral Poverty Problem Solve
The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.
FIDEL CASTRO

Modeling Ourselves Work
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.
FIDEL CASTRO

Discover Enough Finding Man Myself Politics Theory
I don’t think that the contradictions between capitalism and socialism can be resolved by war. This is no longer the age of the bow and arrow. It’s the nuclear age, and war can annihilate us all. The only way to achieve solutions seems to be for the different social systems to coexist.
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Age Capitalism Existence Social System Thinking War
We have a theoretical concept of the Revolution which is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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Exploit Revolution Theory
If religious feeling is put in opposition to social change, then it does become an opium, but if it is joined to the struggle for social change then it is a wonderful medicine.
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Change Medicine Religious Social Wonderful
There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.
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Democracy Government Revolution
I would not vote for the mayor. It’s not just because he didn’t invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.
FIDEL CASTRO

Dinner Invitation Myself Vote Way
I don’t think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews. I would say much more than the Muslims. They have been slandered much more than the Muslims because they are blamed and slandered for everything. No one blames the Muslims for anything.
FIDEL CASTRO

Blame Communalism Myself Oppression Thinking
I’m not attached to anything. I’m attached to what it feels it’s my duty, to do my duty. I think that I will die with the boots on.
FIDEL CASTRO

Attachment Death Feeling Myself Responsibility
I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas.
FIDEL CASTRO

Courage Experience Man Myself Personality See
Democracy’s my idea. I do not agree with communists, my acts prove. Free press in Cuba – free ideas, freedom religion belief.
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Agreement Belief Communalism Democracy Freedom Ideas Religion
We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.
FIDEL CASTRO

Ourselves Politician Politics
The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship.
FIDEL CASTRO

Doubt Enemy Establishment Freedom Media

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