Quotes

“I believe this to be a turning point in our history: the tyranny has been overthrown. The rejoicing is immense. But there is still much to be done. We mustn't fool ourselves into believing that the future will be easy; everything may be more difficult in the future. Telling the truth is the first duty of all revolutionaries. Deceiving the people, raising false hopes, always brings the worst consequences, and I feel it's necessary to warn everyone against over-optimism.”

Speech by Commander-In-Chief Fidel Castro on his arrival in Havana, Delivered in Ciudad Libertad, then known as Columbia, 8 January 1959

“The Revolution means: true justice that allows men to acquire knowledge that serves for working for the benefit of others”.

Speech delivered at the ceremony for the constitution of the construction workers’ Committee for the Defense of the Revolution at the metropolitan public works district

"(...) cannot renounce my convictions, as I feel that the more candid we are in telling the truth the more possibilities there will be to be heeded and respected".

Key address at the World Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Durban, South Africa. September 1, 2001

"The future worries me, but I believe evermore that the solution is within our grasp, if we are successful in having the truth reach a sufficient number of people among the billions inhabiting the planet".

Reflection: "I am optimistic on rational grounds"

"The current crisis and the brutal measures of the US administration to save itself will bring more inflation, more devaluation of the national currencies, more painful losses in the markets, lower prices for basic export commodities and more unequal exchange. But, they will also bring to the peoples a better understanding of the truth, a greater conscience, more rebelliousness and more revolutions".

Reflections: "THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE"