“ The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong. Fidel Castro
“ 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, po… Fidel Castro
“ The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single co… Fidel Castro
“ I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition. Fidel Castro
“ 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. Fidel Castro
“ Chinese combatants, men and women, inheritors of a millennial culture, are people of uncommon intelligence and an invincible spirit of struggle. Fidel Castro
“ A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past. Fidel Castro
“ The people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization. Fidel Castro
“ 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. Fidel Castro
“ 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. Fidel Castro
“ Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable. Fidel Castro
“ 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. Fidel Castro
“ There is often talk of human rights, but it is also necessary to talk of the rights of humanity. Why should some people walk barefoot, so that others can travel in luxurious cars? Why should some live… Fidel Castro
“ Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school… Fidel Castro
“ We have always been prepared to negotiate with the U.S. government everything that has to do with bilateral relations, on a basis of the strictest mutual respect for the sovereign rights of each count… Fidel Castro