A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past. Fidel Castro More Quotes by Fidel Castro More Quotes From Fidel Castro Why do some people have to go barefoot so that others can drive luxury cars? Why are some people able to live only 35 years in order that others can live 70 years? Why do some people have to be miserably poor in order that others can be extravagantly rich? I speak for all the children in the world who don't even have a piece of bread. Fidel Castro luxury children years I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action. Fidel Castro military men history It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and a plan of action. Fidel Castro have-faith matter doe Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty. Fidel Castro ethics poverty morality With what moral authority can they speak of human rights - the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar coexist; the Indian is exterminated; the black man is discriminated against; the woman is prostituted; and the great masses of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Latin Americans are scorned, exploited, and humiliated? How can they do this - the bosses of an empire where the mafia, gambling, and child prostitution are imposed; where the CIA organizes plans of global subversion and espionage, and the Pentagon creates neutron bombs capable of preserving material assets and wiping out human beings. Fidel Castro latin men war Condemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me. Fidel Castro cuba matter doe We must establish a new world order based on justice, on equity, and on peace. Fidel Castro justice order world If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal. Fidel Castro events gold winning The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship. Fidel Castro doubt enemy firsts One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates. Fidel Castro benefits revolution college Ideas do not need weapons. Fidel Castro weapons ideas needs If we wish to express what we want the men of future generations to be, we must say: Let them be like Che! If we wish to say how we want our children to be educated, we must say without hesitation: We want them to be educated in Che’s spirit! If we want the model of a man, who does not belong to our times but to the future, I say from the depths of my heart that such a model, without a single stain on his conduct, without a single stain on his action, is Che! Fidel Castro heart men children ...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing. Fidel Castro quality culture lying I've always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity. Fidel Castro humanity christian jesus A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past. Fidel Castro revolution struggle past There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America? Fidel Castro eugenics latin reality Good athletes do not know what tiredness is. They do not know what discouragement is. Good athletes only know what victory is. Fidel Castro victory athlete success We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out. Fidel Castro revolution politician made This country is heaven, in the spiritual sense of the word. And I say, we prefer to die in heaven than survive in hell. Fidel Castro spiritual heaven country Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the man for the hour. Fidel Castro destiny historical men
