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No government can sell its nation on the backs of its people.

Fidel Castro

I never perceived a contradiction in the political revolutionary field between the ideas I maintained and the idea of that symbol, that extraordinary figure who had been so familiar to me since I began to reason.
FIDEL CASTRO

Familiar Ideas Myself Politics Reason Revolution Symbol
Revolutionaries must proclaim their ideas courageously … and express their intentions so that no one is deceived.
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Expression Ideas Intention Revolution
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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exchange Maintain Negotiate Power
We do not deny the possibility of peaceful political transition, but we are still awaiting the first case.
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Peace Possible Transition
The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.
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Modeling Ourselves Work
I’ve always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.
FIDEL CASTRO

Greatness History Humanity Myself Revolution
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.
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Attachment Death Feeling Myself Responsibility
I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.
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Believe Relative Young
North Americans don’t understand that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
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Country Humanity Understand
My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system now doesn’t work either for the United States or the world, driving it from crisis to crisis, which are each time more serious.
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Ideas Serious System World
The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.
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Democracy Election Government Revolution Time
I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.
FIDEL CASTRO

Acceptance Aspiration Cheif Commander State
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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Doubt Enemy Establishment Freedom Media
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.
FIDEL CASTRO

Assurance Drive Government Interest Myself Personal Politics
Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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Capitalism Money Social Throw
There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.
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Democracy Government Revolution

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