Ignorance is the root of many ills. Knowledge must be the fundamental ally of nations that aspire, despite all their tragedies and problems, to become truly emancipated, to build a better world.
A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.
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, illness, poverty or hunger.
I’m not attached to anything.I’m attached to what it feels it’s my duty, to do my duty.I think that I will die with the boots on.
If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.
…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.
The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating… because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
Experience acquired in the heroic battle against Batista’s tyranny showed that the enemy, no matter what his strength, could not defeat the Cuban people.
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
Chinese combatants, men and women, inheritors of a millennial culture, are people of uncommon intelligence and an invincible spirit of struggle.
Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.
The people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization.
Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
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.
Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.
Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.