Castro Quote by Scott Simon

From its earliest days, the Cuban Revolution has also been a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people. We admire the sacrifices of the…

— Nelson Mandela

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

— Tom Gjelten

The Cuban economy is a disaster. No, I do not praise Fidel Castro.

— Bernie Sanders

We know next to nothing about the relationship between Chavez and Raul Castro. One thing, though, is certain. The Cuban military and political elite…

— Mark Falcoff

The collapse of the Soviet bloc ended the massive subsidies that had kept the Cuban economy afloat. The once-vaunted education and health care systems…

— Tom Gjelten

I am not the representative of guerrilla in this hemisphere. I would say that the representative would be Fidel Castro which was the leader…

— Che Guevara

What's happening in Cuba is not a failure of the Cuban people. It's a failure of Fidel Castro and the Communists.

— Ronald Reagan

There were so many Cuban-Americans upset that we were going to Cuba and I was curious to see why they were so angry, and…

— Albert Belle

Comandante Fidel Castro loves Cuba! But his love for humanity, if you'll pardon the expression, trumped his love for Cuba: He was universal; he…

— Louis Farrakhan

Fidel Castro rhetorically championed the poor. He also held the Cuban economy in a kind of arrested state. He called for racial equality but…

— Scott Simon

It is necessary for me to express the deep sorrow that I feel for all the Cuban people both inside and outside of Cuba…

— Andy Garcia

Fidel Castro had universal health care for all Cubans, and universal education for all the Cuban people, no money required. This was his challenge.

— Louis Farrakhan