“And remember this, remember what history teaches: that there is no halfway in these revolutionary processes, which either attain full victory or stand to be defeated; history teaches that the way is from extreme revolution to extreme reaction. And, of course, you can be sure that we will not be counted among those defeated.”
“[…] 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! […]”
“When the socialist bloc collapsed and fell apart, we were able to stay steady and carry on; we raised our flags, we didn’t put them away, we didn’t give them up, and we are prepared to go on fighting until victory is reached.”
“Thank you for coming as a reinforcement in this difficult struggle that we are waging today to save the ideas you fought for so much, to save the Revolution, the homeland and the achievements of socialism, which is the materialization of some of your biggest dreams. We count on you to carry out this enormous feat, to destroy the imperialist plots against Cuba, to resist the blockade and to attain victory. "