Fidel Castro

“From Marx, I received the concept of what human society is; otherwise, someone who hasn't read about it, or to whom it…

— Fidel Castro

There are enough doctors on the planet so that nobody has to die for lack of attendance.

— Fidel Castro

I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life.

— Fidel Castro

Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always…

— Fidel Castro

The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the…

— Fidel Castro

I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for…

— Fidel Castro

Reactionaries often describe both Marx and Lenin as theorists, without taking into consideration that their utopias inspired Russia and China - the…

— Fidel Castro

I do not conceive of any manifestation of culture, of science, of art, as purposes in themselves. I think the purpose of…

— Fidel Castro

Forgive me for using the term 'fat little brother' ... It is not a criticism, rather a suggestion that he do some…

— Fidel Castro

I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not…

— Fidel Castro

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

— Fidel Castro

A large percentage of those living in developed societies are told what brand of soda they should drink, what cigarettes they should…

— Fidel Castro

“Ignorance is the root of many ills. Knowledge must be the fundamental ally of nations that aspire, despite all their tragedies and…

— Fidel Castro

So these Red Sox... are they a Communist organization?

— Fidel Castro

Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal…

— Fidel Castro

The duty of every revolutionary is to make revolution

— Fidel Castro

I was a man who was lucky enough to have discovered a political theory, a man who was caught up in the…

— Fidel Castro

Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.

— Fidel Castro

Our Revolution emerged where it was least expected by the empire, in a hemisphere where it was used to acting like an…

— Fidel Castro

... If Mr. Kennedy does not like Socialism, we do not like imperialism. We do not like Capitalism.

— Fidel Castro

Even in the United States, the enslavement of African descendants continued until the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. That brutal form of slavery…

— Fidel Castro

General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place…

— Fidel Castro

Whoever hesitates while waiting for ideas to triumph among the masses before initiating revolutionary action will never be a revolutionary. Humanity will,…

— Fidel Castro

Homeland or death! Socialism or death! We shall overcome!

— Fidel Castro

Christ didn't choose the rich to preach the doctrine; he choose 12 poor ignorant workers - that is, he chose the proletariat…

— Fidel Castro