“The republic was not free in 1895, and the dream entertained by the ‘mambises’ was frustrated at the last minute; the Revolution did not materialize and was frustrated by its enemies.  This time the Revolution has the support of the entire people, of all the revolutionaries, of the honorable militants.  Its strength is so big and uncontrollable that this time victory is guaranteed!”

“To correct matters in their country, Cubans had been fighting for a long time. But there was a greater force which prevented us from correcting things in our country. This force was the imperialist penetration of the United States in our homeland. It was this force which frustrated our full independence. It was this force which prevented Calixto García and his brave soldiers in Santiago de Cuba from succeeding. It was this force which prevented the liberation army from undertaking revolution in the early days of the republic. It was this force which determined the destiny of our homeland from the very first. It was this force which permitted the seizure of the natural resources and the best lands of our homeland by foreign interests. It was this force which appropriated the right to intervene in our country's affairs. It was this force which crushed so many revolutionary efforts. It was this force which was always associated with everything negative, everything reactionary, and everything abusive in our country. It was this force which prevented an earlier revolution in our homeland, and it is this force which is trying to prevent us from correcting things in our country now.”

“For this great humanity has said “Enough” and has begun to march.  And their giant march will not be halted until they conquer true independence, for which they have died in vain more than once.  Today, however, those who die will die like the Cubans at Playa Giron.  They will die for their own true and never-to-be surrendered independence!”