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I am someone who’s been in politics for 43 years and I know what I’m doing and what I should do. Have no doubt that I know how to tell the truth and to do so elegantly.

Fidel Castro

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.
FIDEL CASTRO

People Plain Possible Strong
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 CASTRO

Age Capitalism Existence Social System Thinking War
I have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short.
FIDEL CASTRO

Myself Reach Short Speech Talk
I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.
FIDEL CASTRO

Identity Myself Willing
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
FIDEL CASTRO

Cleaning Growth Material Planet Resource Society
If Mr. Kennedy does not like Socialism, we do not like imperialism. We do not like Capitalism.
FIDEL CASTRO

Capitalism Imperialism Socialism
I promise all Cuban mothers that I will never will make them weep.
FIDEL CASTRO

Cry Mom Promise
So these Red Sox, are they a Communist organization?
FIDEL CASTRO

Communalism Organizatiom
Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses.
FIDEL CASTRO

Greatness Ideas Mass Weapon
There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.
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Democracy Government Revolution
Yoga does things with the human body that defy the imagination.
FIDEL CASTRO

Body Human Imagination
I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.
FIDEL CASTRO

Communist Moments Myself Revolution
The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.
FIDEL CASTRO

Belief Revolution Share University
Today, the entire country is an immense University.
FIDEL CASTRO

Country Immense University
The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.
FIDEL CASTRO

Modeling Ourselves Work
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
It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and a plan of action.
FIDEL CASTRO

Faith Inspirational Planning Small Yourself
On birthdays I avoid taking hasty or impulsive measures.
FIDEL CASTRO

Avoid Measurement Myself
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
Ideas do not need weapons.
FIDEL CASTRO

Ideas One Liner Weapon
If religious feeling is put in opposition to social change, then it does become an opium, but if it is joined to the struggle for social change then it is a wonderful medicine.
FIDEL CASTRO

Change Medicine Religious Social Wonderful
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.
FIDEL CASTRO

Criticism Forgiveness Health Myself
If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.
FIDEL CASTRO

Assassination Gold Medal Myself Survive
I am someone who’s been in politics for 43 years and I know what I’m doing and what I should do. Have no doubt that I know how to tell the truth and to do so elegantly.
FIDEL CASTRO

Doubt Elegant Myself Politics Truth
The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.
FIDEL CASTRO

Competition Greatness Ignorance
I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
FIDEL CASTRO

Extraordinary God Ideas Myself
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.
FIDEL CASTRO

Imperialism Launch People Propose Revolution Sacrifice Victory World

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