A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
A revolution is not a bed of roses.
Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
I am a Marxist Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.
I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.
I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.
I began revolution with 82 men. If I had do it again, I'd 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.
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.
I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.
If there ever was in the history of humanity an enemy who was truly universal, an enemy whose acts and moves trouble the entire world, threaten the entire world, attack the entire world in any way or another, that real and really universal enemy is precisely Yankee imperialism.
In the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty.
Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.
More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!
North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.
The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.
They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
Castro was voted Cuba's best all-around school athlete in 1944.
To be certain that he would not be arrested in Cuba again, Castro went into exile in Mexico in 1955. There, he formed the 26th of July Movement and invaded Cuba on January 1, 1956.
Fidel Castro's favorite major league baseball player was a pitcher for the Red Sox and Mets named Tracy Stallard.
On October 20th, 2004, Fidel Castro fell off of a stage and broke his knee and arm, though he made a quick recovery.
Eduardo Chib?s was one of Fidel Castro's earliest mentors, though he isn't mentioned in Cuban history in recent times because he was an avid anti-communist.
In 1950, Fidel Castro practicing law in a small partnership, though his clientele were mostly poor individuals.
During his trial in 1953, Fidel Castro gave his famous speech, entitled History Will Absolve Me.
Fidel Castro's doctors have speculated that he may live to be 140 years old, though they've provided little evidence to prove that.
In a personal letter to Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro urged the Soviet Union to use nuclear weapons against the United States if Cuba were ever invaded by them.
Fidel Castro is well known for the very long speeches he gives. However, he once fainted during a seven hour long speech he was giving.
Fidel Castro had two brothers, Ram?n and Ra?l, as well as a sister, Juanita. Juanita moved to the United States years ago.
Fidel Castro is usually remembered in how he always wears a green military uniform and due to his large beard as well.
In 1953, Fidel Castro was imprisoned by the Cuban government for his attacks on their facilities. However, he was released after two years when Fulgencio Batista granted him amnesty.
Fidel Castro was good friends with Che Guevara, another revolutionary hero.
Fidel Castro once was a Roman Catholic when he was younger, though he has been an avid atheist for most of his life.
Fidel Castro has an estimated net worth of $550 million dollars, according to Forbes magazine.
Fidel Castro’s original rank in the Cuban government was Prime Minister; though his position changed to President in 1976, though both ranks hold the same power.
Fidel Castro has requested that, upon his death, his brother Ra?l Castro would become President of Cuba.
Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro on January 3rd, 1962. However, Fidel Castro wasn’t bothered by this that much because he hadn’t been a Roman Catholic for years.
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