Citas

“There is still much that our increasingly united, better-educated and stronger people can do. We will not rest in our heroic and worthy struggle. We will honor every objective we sworn in Baraguá. We will win the epic battle of ideas.”

References to the original: Speech at the Open Forum of the Revolution in Batalla de Guisa, Granma Province.November 25, 2000

“I wonder if any other country in the world has been so devoted to humankind, to educating its people. And now we have reached a higher stage, we are moving towards a comprehensive, multifaceted education which encompasses, among others, some things that many developed countries lack; because being rich does not mean being educated, as being developed does not mean being educated.”

References to the original: Speech by the 40th anniversary of INDER and the opening of the International School of Physical Education and Sports, February 23, 2001

“The dark clouds on the horizon of the world today, will not prevent the Cubans from continuing to work restlessly on our wonderful social and cultural programs as we are persuaded that it is a human endeavor unparalleled in history”.

References to the original: Speech by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, President of the Republic of Cuba. Ciego de Avila, September 29, 2001
“They left to us the example which has inspired our people --day after day, piece by piece, and idea upon idea-- to turn Cuba from a Spanish colony first and a humiliating imperialist domain later into the most independent and free nation on Earth; from a slavery society, full of injustices and inequalities, into the most fraternal and just country that the world has known.”
References to the original: Speech at the ceremony for the 45th anniversary of the attack to the Presidential Palace and Radio Reloj Station, held at Karl Marx Theater. March 13, 2002

“Not only is knowledge a necessity for thinking and culture but it is also a revolutionary necessity that all peoples should know about the history of the world.”

References to the original: Speech delivered at the inauguration of the Alejo Carpentier Press in Havana
“[…]They should know by now that, as far as the Cuban people is concerned, the ideals that inspire freedom, dignity, love of one’s homeland, its identity, its culture and the strictest sense of justice that human beings can conceive of are more valuable than anything on Earth..”
References to the original: The President of the Republic of Cuba’s response to the US government’s declarations about biological weapons, May 10, 2002
“A world like the one he dreams of to fight diseases, a world like the one we dream of, a world like the one you all dream of is possible, yes, very possible when men have the knowledge, the education and the awareness necessary to live and act with the true spirit of brotherhood, to live and act with the true spirit of justice.”
References to the original: Speech made during the visit of US President James Carter to the Latin American School for Medical Sciences, May 13, 2002