Life Quote by Milan Kundera

“He was never more than an armchair philosopher, unwilling to deal with the real world. He was happy to live in a capitalist society…

— Yeng Pway Ngon

“He had come to America, haven of peace and liberty, and it, too, was joining the slaughter, fighting for the big capitalists. There was…

— James T. Farrell

“Politically, he was a humanitarian who did know right from left and was trapped uncomfortably between the two. He was constantly defending his Communist…

— Joseph Heller

Fidel Castro was loved and hated passionately.

— Tom Gjelten

“his days were reduced to trying to stay alive and not to disgrace himself.”

— Mark Bowden

“Logically, then, whatever Fidel Castro did in opposition to American policy was wrong, regardless of his intentions and strategy towards his own people. All…

— Keith Bolender

“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

“He was constantly defending his Communist friends to his right-wing enemies and his right-wing friends to his Communist enemies, and he was thoroughly detested…

— Joseph Heller

“He tried not to think what he knew--that war is treachery and hatred, the muddling of incompetent generals, the torture and killing and sickness…

— John Steinbeck

“To smooth over Castro’s ruffled feathers; Khrushchev eventually wrote him a personal letter explaining his reasons for reaching an agreement with the United States…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise

“on the plane he had been confident. He'd talked to the vieja near the aisle, telling her how excited he was. It is always…

— Junot Díaz

“When resentment and contention threatened to destroy his administration, he refused to be provoked by petty grievances, to submit to jealousy, or to brood…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin