Citas

“The republic was not free in 1895, and the dream entertained by the ‘mambises’ was frustrated at the last minute; the Revolution did not materialize and was frustrated by its enemies.  This time the Revolution has the support of the entire people, of all the revolutionaries, of the honorable militants.  Its strength is so big and uncontrollable that this time victory is guaranteed!”
References to the original: Speech delivered by Fidel at “Céspedes” Park, Santiago de Cuba, January 1, 1959

"The men who have fallen in our three wars of independence today join forces with the men who have fallen in this war. And we can say to all those who have fallen in our struggles for freedom that at last the time has come for their dreams to be fulfilled."

References to the original: Address by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at Céspedes Park in Santiago de Cuba, on the 1st of January of 1959
“[…] because when a people are constructing their future, when a people have come out of the past and broken their chains, a breech has been opened in the middle of a wall of interests, and that people will never resign themselves to give up the path they have taken, that people can never be defeated by anything or anyone!  […]”
References to the original: Speech at a gathering in Pinar del Río, May 20, 1960
“For this great humanity has said “Enough” and has begun to march.  And their giant march will not be halted until they conquer true independence, for which they have died in vain more than once.  Today, however, those who die will die like the Cubans at Playa Giron.  They will die for their own true and never-to-be surrendered independence!”
References to the original: The Second Declaration of Havana. February 4, 1962
“For this great humanity has said “Enough” and has begun to march.  And their giant march will not be halted until they conquer true independence, for which they have died in vain more than once.  Today, however, those who die will die like the Cubans at Playa Giron.  They will die for their own true and never-to-be surrendered independence!”
References to the original: The Second Declaration of Havana. February 4, 1962

"The National Ballet of Cuba has been present in the greatest moments of our major cultural endeavors, throughout the long battle for independence and socialism waged by our people".

References to the original: Key address at the opening ceremony of the 18th Havana International Ballet Festival, October 19, 2002
“But it is a historical truth, an inexorable law of history, that all peoples exploited by imperialism will free themselves from imperialism, and that the peoples of Latin America will also free themselves, just as those in Asia who are yet to free themselves will also be free and those remaining in Africa to be freed as well.”
References to the original: Speech delivered at the graduation ceremony of the Basic School for Officers in Matanzas, May 18, 1965