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 CASTROQuality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.
More Fidel Castro Quotes
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I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
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One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.
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We must establish a new world order based on justice, on equity, and on peace.
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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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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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Yoga does things with the human body that defy the imagination.
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On birthdays I avoid taking hasty or impulsive measures.
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A smart policy should be one that tends to receive the capitals, pays the price for that capital – which is the interest – returns the capital and in the end the factories, the industries, are left to remain in the country.
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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 selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is – and I mean this seriously – the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.
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I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.
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Quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.
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I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.
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I have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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