I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.
FIDEL CASTROThe greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.
More Fidel Castro Quotes
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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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I do not conceive of any manifestation of culture, of science, of art, as purposes in themselves. I think the purpose of science and culture is man.
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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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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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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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If Mr. Kennedy does not like Socialism, we do not like imperialism. We do not like Capitalism.
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There are enough doctors on the planet so that nobody has to die for lack of attendance.
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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.
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So these Red Sox, are they a Communist organization?
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Today, the entire country is an immense University.
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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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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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The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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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.
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Were Kennedy not a millionaire, illiterate and ignorant, then he would obviously understand that you cannot revolt against the peasants.
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