“Anyone who is aware of what is happening in the world knows that what our people are doing today is remarkable.. We owe this feat to socialism; we owe this feat to the unity of our people; we owe this feat to our people's revolutionary spirit”.
Quotes
„This Revolution is the Revolution of our people; it is the Revolution of our youth; it is the Revolution of our students. Together we achieved it. Together we defend it. We are one and the same thing and we cannot ever stop being that.“
“A people are nothing without honour, without decorum, without independence and without dignity, never mind the life of a people!”
“If at other times in our history Cuban revolutionaries had been discouraged by difficulties, there would not be today an independent country named Cuba”.
“A year ago already, as expression of our sovereign political will, we decided to constitute the Association of Caribbean States. We have before us a great challenge. It is a matter of forging a mutual destiny for nations that are remarkably dissimilar in terms of size, population and development […] The region understands, ultimately, that the future path for our peoples lies in unity.”
“[…] It has been our tradition since our war of liberation; we made the war being generous, respecting our adversary, respecting our enemy. That is a basic fact of our history; if it were not so, we would not have the support of our people…”
“There is nothing like the sense of dignity and honor. There is nothing like the sense of patriotism and the pride of men and women of a revolutionary people.”
“The secret of the survival of the Cuban Revolution is the consensus of the people, the support of the people.”
“Unity is the only true strength the Caribbean can count on. Only by being united can we defend ourselves at the regional level and extend that unity to Central America, South America, Africa and to the peoples of other continents. […]
The future depends on our own efforts.”
“Around 1200 people died at the time of hurricane Flora. Today, they would not have died because every time a hurricane poses risks, despite the dams that have been built, all the people living in the area are evacuated. There is a high degree of organization, with everybody involved (…)”
"We will be fighting for our people and for Mankind, and our voice will be heeded at a great distance."
"We are living times where awareness on afflicting realities is lagging behind events. We must sow ideas and expose deceit, sophism and hypocrisy with means and methods that counteract the institutional lies and disinformation. The experience of 40 years of slanders falling on Cuba like heavy rain has taught us to trust the instinct and intelligence of the peoples."