Citas

"This is the Revolution, always looking for the best of the country, and with the best of the country preparing the best future for all Cubans. And so we go marching on with what we have. What we have is not perfect, we have received the inheritance of the past, an inheritance, in many ways negative, from the past".

References to the original: SPEECH DELIVERED BY COMMANDER IN CHIEF FIDEL CASTRO RUZ AT THE UNIVERSITY STAIRCASE, NOVEMBER 27, 1960

“Revolution has awoken the moral feeling of the people; Revolution has awoken human solidarity in men and women of our people; Revolution has abolished selfishness and has made of generosity the main virtue of every citizen; Revolution has gathered the best of the nation; Revolution purified and cleaned up; Revolution has redeemed”.

References to the original: Speech delivered during the political ceremony for the 9th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution held in Revolution Square. Ciudad de La Habana. January 2, 1961

The Revolution is the most complex and the most convulsive of all historical events. It is an infallible law of all revolutions, and history teaches that no true revolution can ever fail to be an extraordinarily convulsive process. If it is not, it is not a revolution.

References to the original: Speech delivered by Fidel at the parade that marched down the Civic Square on January 2, 1961
"And, today, Cuba represents the strength of the dignity of the Americas; today Cuba is the strength of hope of the Americas; today Cuba is the invincible bastion of justice and of the Revolution of the Americas!"
References to the original: Speech delivered at the Theatre of the Workers’ Palace to initiate the Organizing Campaign for May Day, April 7, 1961
“…What an extraordinary people this one will be! What a people this one will be, moving along with other peoples of the world! What a people this one will be, which will also be helping, through its own example, many other peoples that are still living in darkness, that are still living in ignorance, that are still living under exploitation!”
References to the original: Speech delivered in the ceremony held at ‘Ciudad Deportiva’ where certificates were handed over to 4000 persons who learned how to read and write, June 18, 1961

“Cuba would not be where it is today, nor would our homeland occupy the place it does today in the minds of the other peoples of the world, if behind the homeland, if behind the sovereign flag of the homeland, if this people were not behind the Revolution, if this people were not behind the Revolution.”

References to the original: Remarks at the Second National Assembly of the People of Cuba held at the Revolution Square, February 4, 1962

"Alicia’s excellence, her talent, tenacity and example, have inspired generations of brilliant artists, and made possible the miracle: the existence of the National Ballet of Cuba, with its world-class quality and worldwide prestige; the birth of the Cuban School of Ballet, a synthesis of universality, tradition, Cubanness and a style uniquely its own, recognized and acclaimed around the globe; the training of new and extraordinary talents; and the possibility of realizing other ambitious dreams".

References to the original: Key address at the opening ceremony of the 18th Havana International Ballet Festival, October 19, 2002