Citas

“There is still much that our increasingly united, better-educated and stronger people can do. We will not rest in our heroic and worthy struggle. We will honor every objective we sworn in Baraguá. We will win the epic battle of ideas.”

References to the original: Speech at the Open Forum of the Revolution in Batalla de Guisa, Granma Province.November 25, 2000

“(…) saving peace with dignity, with independence and without a war is the cornerstone of the struggle that we should wage together for a truly just world of free peoples.”.

References to the original: Speech by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, President of the Republic of Cuba. Ciego de Avila, September 29, 2001

"We are prepared to do without anything, including life, except our country’s dignity and sovereignty. We are not the ones attacking, being hostile to or blockading the United States. We are not demanding that its constitution and political and economic system be changed. We show the strictest respect for the rights of other countries. Our rights must also be respected".

References to the original: Speech given by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, president of the Republic of Cuba, at the extraordinary session of the National Assembly of People’s Power, Havana International Conference center. june 26, 2002

"Unity, dignity and rational and solidarity-based integration are the only possible means to confront the common challenges of the globalized, unequal and discriminatory world that threatens us all".

References to the original: Key Remarks by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Havana International Conference Center, De

"(...) the first human right is the right to think, the right to believe, the right to live, the right to know, the right to know dignity, the right to be treated like other human beings, the right to be independent, right to sovereignty as a people, right to dignity as a man".

References to the original: Speech Given at the closing ceremony of the “World Conference Dialogue among Civilizations. Latin America in the 21st Century: Universalism and Originality