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 Revolution is beginning now. Our Revolution will be no easy task, but a harsh and dangerous undertaking …”

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
“It is important that, as from today, that the people know and understand that the Revolution could not be a task of one, two, or three days, that the evils that affect us could not be eradicated overnight, and that it would be necessary to work very hard.  Just as the war was not won in a single day, […], the Revolution would also have to be made step by step, little by little, and without any other maxim but that of the final victory.”
References to the original: Speech delivered by Fidel from the balcony of the building owned by the association “El Progreso” in Sancti Spiritus, in the province of Las Villas. January 6, 1959
“Cuba’s fate must be bright, because our people has set off, our people is standing on its feet and is determined to do anything.  And when peoples rise as the Cuban people have done, when peoples set off as the Cuban people have done, with its Rebel Army at the forefront, then there is no other alternative.”
References to the original: Speech delivered by Fidel at “La Libertad” Park in the city of Matanzas where he stopped during his journey to Havana, January 7, 1959
“[…] our firmest column, our best troop; the only troop that is capable of winning the war all by itself: That troop is the people! No General can have more power than the people; no army can be stronger that the people […]”
References to the original: Speech delivered by Fidel after his arrival at ‘Ciudad Libertad’ in Havana, January 8, 1959

"(...) when we no longer have the enemy before us, when the war is over, we ourselves are potentially the only enemies of the Revolution".

References to the original: Speech on his arrival in Havana on 8 January 1959

"(...) and if one day it becomes necessary to fight a foreign enemy or a movement that attacks the Revolution, it won't be some limited engagement, it'll be the entire people that fight"

References to the original: Speech on his arrival in Havana on 8 January 1959