Cuba Quotes · Page 7

The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy…

— Rudy Giuliani

[Barack Obama] is aware of the criticism back home [from Cuba] that this embargo still exists.

— David Muir

There's a Cuban saying: Bicho malo nunca muere. Loose translation: The good die young but the wicked live forever. It seems to…

— Gustavo Perez Firmat

Many who later lost faith in Fidel Castro can remember how they once admired the man who needed just a dozen men…

— Tom Gjelten

I was blessed to go abroad and bring Americans home from jail in Syria, and Iraq, and Cuba, and Yugoslavia, and Liberia,…

— Jesse Jackson

Let's liquidate all the atomic bases in Cuba and in the U.S. and we are in complete agreement with that.

— Che Guevara

The people in Cuba, they know what I stand for, and there's a lot of people in Cuba that stand for the…

— Pitbull

In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face…

— Raul Castro

I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our…

— Thomas Jefferson

When Cuba Gooding Jr. and I were doing 'The Trip to Bountiful,' we would always go to BXL, a Belgian restaurant/bar. It…

— Vanessa Williams

“Bruce Sutter and his new pitch, the split finger fastball, fascinate the manager of the Cuban national teams. 'We must find out…

— Thomas Boswell

I think there, there also had been just before I got to Honduras a rather spectacular capture of an arms shipment that…

— John Negroponte

I'm not saying Cubans don't deserve asylum, but if it is a national security issue, there are people who are coming from…

— Edwidge Danticat

Let's be honest: The trade embargo with Cuba hasn't secured our interests or helped the Cuban people. Because the way to promote…

— Amy Klobuchar

Cuba cannot go back to capitalism; we know all the tragic experience that it has generated for Latin America and the world.…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

I think there [on Cuba] is going to be an extraordinary reception.Cubans are - they want to hold onto their culture, their…

— David Muir

Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world…

— Barack Obama

Our tragedy today is not just that millions of people who called themselves communist or socialist were physically liquidated in Vietnam, Indonesia,…

— Arundhati Roy

“The Directorio Revolucionario (“DR”) existed during the mid-1950’s and it was a Cuban University students’ group in opposition to the dictator President…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba

“Marco Polo’s father, Niccolò Polo, traded with the Persians who were known to the early Europeans. These early Persians came from the…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba

For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations…

— Barbara Walters

“Cuba may be the only place in the world where you can be yourself and more than yourself at the same time”

— Pedro Juan Gutiérrez

“A estas alturas -finalizando el siglo XX- sabemos, al fin, que la historia no lo va a absolver [a Fidel Castro], sino,…

— Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza

Democracy's my idea. I do not agree with communists, my acts prove. Free press in Cuba - free ideas, freedom religion belief.

— Fidel Castro

Socialism works ... [and] Cuba might prove that. I think it's conclusive that there have been areas where socialism has helped to…

— Chevy Chase

I went to Japan and fought Riki Fukuda. I went to England and fought Tom Watson. I went down to Florida and…

— Brad Tavares

I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could…

— Monte Irvin

Fidel Castro takes up so much space in the Cuban mind. It's hard for us to imagine as Americans - isn't it?…

— Scott Simon

Our Cuba policy was a major obstacle to getting things done in the hemisphere and a source of tension around the world.

— Ben Rhodes

In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the…

— Raul Castro

I've been able to accomplish goals that I set for myself, where in countries like Cuba you just don't get those opportunities.

— Eddy Alvarez

Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over…

— Roberto Duran

Try telling a Cuban: 'You should pay higher rent, or pay for your own healthcare' ... There is no serious opposition to…

— Saul Landau

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

— Julia Sawalha

“Sara looked at the well-kept houses along the road. “These Communist pigs have beach clubs, good food, and access to foreign goods…

— Nelson DeMille

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Clearly America businesses are interested in opening up new markets not just in Cuba, but all over the world.

— Carlos Curbelo

There is no one more talkative than Cubans, Cubans express their feelings, there's nobody more rebellious and revolutionary than a Cuban and…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect…

— Raul Castro

I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors…

— Yul Vazquez