If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.
FIDEL CASTROSovereignty is not negotiated in exchange for anything; to maintain the achievements of the revolution does not depend on a foreign power.
More Fidel Castro Quotes
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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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We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.
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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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One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.
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I’ve always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.
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On birthdays I avoid taking hasty or impulsive measures.
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I have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short.
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We do not deny the possibility of peaceful political transition, but we are still awaiting the first case.
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A smart policy should be one that tends to receive the capitals, pays the price for that capital – which is the interest – returns the capital and in the end the factories, the industries, are left to remain in the country.
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If we had paused to tell the people that we were Marxist-Leninists while we were on Pico Turquino and not yet strong, it is possible that we would never have been able to descend to the plains.
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It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and a plan of action.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is – and I mean this seriously – the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.
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Forgive me for using the term ‘fat little brother’. It is not a criticism, rather a suggestion that he do some exercises and go on a diet, don’t you think? I’m doing this for the gentleman’s health.
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Revolutionaries must proclaim their ideas courageously … and express their intentions so that no one is deceived.
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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.
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I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.
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I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.
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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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I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun.
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Cuba has the cleanest and most-educated prostitutes in the world.
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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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Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses.
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I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution.
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I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement, but we do not have to say that we are anticommunists just to fawn on foreign powers.
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In the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty.
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