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.
FIDEL CASTROThe existing world economic order constitutes a system of plundering and exploitation like no other in history.
More Fidel Castro Quotes
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The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.
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Sovereignty is not negotiated in exchange for anything; to maintain the achievements of the revolution does not depend on a foreign power.
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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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Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses.
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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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We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also.
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There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.
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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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Repetition is a revolutionary virtue.
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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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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.
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Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the man for the hour.
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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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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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I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.
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