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 CASTROIf surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.
More Fidel Castro Quotes
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There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.
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We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.
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I have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short.
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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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U.S. leaders should think that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.
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Nothing in the world is irreversible, not even capitalism.
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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.
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I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.
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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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It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and a plan of action.
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The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.
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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 revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.
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On birthdays I avoid taking hasty or impulsive measures.
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I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.
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