“Never had a people given such a lofty example of civility: not one henchman was dragged through the streets, not one henchman was tortured in the way they used to do, not one henchman was mistreated. We asked the people not to touch them, that justice would be dealt, and the people believed in us. They didn’t drag anyone, they didn’t touch a hair on anyone’s head, because they believed in us.”
“The past was that of colonialism and imperialism; the future belongs to humankind, to the peoples and the revolution. And facts are proving this true in our hemisphere and elsewhere.”
“If there is something they will never succeed in doing is erasing from the minds of the people the memories of that heinous past that will never come back again!”
“[…] 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 […]”
“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.”
“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.”
“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!”
“Once demagoguery and lies are definitely exposed and defeated, the world will find excellent allies in the American people”.
“We will make use of computers, not to create weapons of mass destruction and exterminate people but to convey knowledge to other peoples. From the economic point of view, the development of the intelligence and conscience of our fellow citizens, made possible by the Revolution, allow us not only to aid those in most need at no cost to us, but also to export specialized services, including healthcare services, to countries that have more resources than our own. In this field, the United States will never be able to compete with Cuba.”
"I have no doubt whatsoever that our people and our Revolution will fight to the very end to defend these ideas and measures, as well as any others that are necessary to safeguard this historic process. Imperialism will never succeed in crushing Cuba. The Battle of Ideas will go forth".