The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
FIDEL CASTROThere is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?
More Fidel Castro Quotes
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I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.
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Good athletes do not know what tiredness is. They do not know what discouragement is. Good athletes only know what victory is.
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I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.
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Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.
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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.
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A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.
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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.
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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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I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.
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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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All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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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.
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I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas.
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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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