This country is heaven, in the spiritual sense of the word. And I say, we prefer to die in heaven than survive in hell.
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This country is heaven, in the spiritual sense of the word. And I say, we prefer to die in heaven than survive in hell.
FIDEL CASTROI never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
FIDEL CASTROThe 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.
FIDEL CASTROI 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.
FIDEL CASTROI’ve always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.
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.
FIDEL CASTROCapitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.
FIDEL CASTROEveryone is a poet at 16, but how many are poets at 50? Generally, people seem to get more conservative as they age, but in my case, I seem to have gotten more radical.
FIDEL CASTROIn the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty.
FIDEL CASTROA revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
FIDEL CASTROI have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short.
FIDEL CASTROIf people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.
FIDEL CASTROThere is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?
FIDEL CASTROIf 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 CASTROI am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.
FIDEL CASTROAll criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.
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