“Cuba would not be where it is today, nor would our homeland occupy the place it does today in the minds of the other peoples of the world, if behind the homeland, if behind the sovereign flag of the homeland, if this people were not behind the Revolution, if this people were not behind the Revolution.”
Quotes
[…]”We think of the revolution as something truly creative, as something which does not stop creating for a single minute, with a ceaseless surge of ideas, with a ceaseless improvement of ideas, every day, every month, every year, we do more and we do it better.”
“[…]the struggle for peace also means the struggle for the independence of the peoples, it means the struggle for the freedom of the colonies, it means the struggle for the economic development of the poorest countries, it means the struggle to liberate the peoples from imperialist exploitation and domination.”
“What is the most important thing for a Revolution that hopes to radically change the life of a country and build a new society? It is the teacher, comrades; the teacher is the most important thing in a Revolution.”
"The Revolution has been a process which arose and grew fighting against the force of its enemies. And the force of its enemies in arms, with all their military power, was infinitely greater than the force of the Revolution. However, that was no obstacle: the Revolution carried on, and today it is what it is."
“Such an extraordinarily beautiful revolution, like the social revolutions that brought the working class and peasants to power, and which began the road, the great and glorious road. For that reason they will always be immortal, for that reason the youth must always look towards Marx, towards Engels, towards Lenin…”
"Of course revolutions don’t take place in a laboratory: they are the work of the masses in the living reality of history, in harsh conditions and in the middle of a ruthless class struggle."
“We want the youth to be well-educated, well-schooled, well-organized, well-trained, and well-informed. The Revolution has perhaps no more important task than this--the preparation of the new generations for a superior life, a better life, a different life”.
“Along with the Revolution, one of the most unjust forms of discrimination that has existed has been disappearing: discrimination against women, of the kind that was not talked about but which lay there, continued to exist and weighed heavily upon the women of our country.”
Speech given at the closing ceremony for the Third National Plenary Meeting of the Federation of Cuban Women on the Isle of Pines. February 19, 1965
“Along with the Revolution, one of the most unjust forms of discrimination that has existed has been disappearing: discrimination against women, of the kind that was not talked about but which lay there, continued to exist and weighed heavily upon the women of our country.”
"It is not an easy thing to do in the midst of today’s problems complexities in the world today. It is difficult to maintain that inflexible opinion, maintain this inflexible independence, but we will maintain it. This Revolution was not imported from anywhere. It is a genuine product of this country. Nobody told us how we must do it, and we have carried it out. (APPLAUSE) And nobody will have to tell us how we must continue to carry it out, and we will continue to carry it out. We have learned to write history and we will continue to write it. Let no one doubt it".
"This Revolution was not imported from anywhere; it is the genuine product of this country. Nobody told us how we were to do it, and we did it! Nobody has to tell us how we should continue doing it, and we shall continue doing it! We have learned to write history, and we will continue writing it!"