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.
FIDEL CASTRODemocracy’s my idea. I do not agree with communists, my acts prove. Free press in Cuba – free ideas, freedom religion belief.
More Fidel Castro Quotes
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I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.
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Condemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me.
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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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There are enough doctors on the planet so that nobody has to die for lack of attendance.
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How can we help President Obama?
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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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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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The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.
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The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry but they cannot kill ignorance, illnesses, poverty or hunger.
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We are going to give a little something, a few little years more, to socialism, because socialism is defunct. It dies all by itself. The bad thing is that socialism, being a victim of its Did I say socialism?
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The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.
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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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The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.
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I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
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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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