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“We need to awaken the faith of the peoples, and the faith of the peoples is not awakened with promises, the faith of the peoples is not awakened with theories, the faith of the peoples is not awakened with rhetoric; the faith of the peoples is awakened with facts, the faith of the peoples is awakened with realities, the faith of the peoples is awakened with true solutions."

References to the original: Speech made to the Economic Council of the Twelve, in Argentina, May 2, 1959
[…]it has become necessary to awake the faith of the peoples, and the faith of the peoples cannot be awakened with promises, the faith of the peoples cannot be awakened with theories, the faith of the peoples cannot be awakened with rhetoric; the faith of the peoples is awakened with deeds, the faith of the peoples is awakened with realities, the faith of the peoples is awakened with real solutions.
References to the original: May 2, 1959 – Speech given to the Economic Council of the 21, in Argentina

“Revolutions are not made at the whim of men; nobody could say that the whim of a group of men could lead people towards a revolution.  Revolutions are made by necessities and people are not guilty for why revolutions happen; the people make revolutions forced by necessities, even though those of us involved in making them do so with great pleasure”.

References to the original: Speech delivered at the closing ceremony of the Confederation of Tourism Organizations of Latin America (COTAL), at Río Cristal
“[…] 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!  […]”
References to the original: Speech at a gathering in Pinar del Río, May 20, 1960
"They cannot kill ideas, but they kill the men who embody those ideas! They cannot buy a true revolutionary, but they buy as many traitors and villains as there are in the world, and they have them recruited!"
References to the original: Speech given at the First Student Plenary Meeting of Young Rebels, March 27, 1961
“If we, the Revolutionary, were asked what is that we care about the most, we would respond: the people.  And we will always respond: the people.  And I mean the people in the true sense of the word, which is that majority that has been forced to live under exploitation and consigned into the cruelest oblivion…”
References to the original: Fidel delivers a speech at the conclusion of the meetings with Cuban intellectuals held at the National Library, June 16, 1961

"Our country will pursue its internationalist policy without hesitation and in solidarity with the revolutionary movement worldwide (APPLAUSE); our country will deepen its revolutionary ideas and carry its banners as far as it is capable of taking them. Our country will also maintain its own hallmark which is the result of its experiences and its history; and in terms of ideology, we will maintain our own approach, with absolute independence, following on our own path set by our people based on our experiences and in accordance with our tasks."

References to the original: SPEECH ON THE CONMEMORATION OF THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRIUMPH OF THE REVOLUTION, AT THE REVOLUTION SQUARE