Citas

“We managed to continue forward, when a whole sector of the progressive world born of the profound social revolution that took place at the beginning of last century, in spite of its epic achievements, collapsed before its old capitalist adversary. It was unable to overcome its own errors and successfully confront the anachronistic ideology and dirty tricks of the oppressive and exploitative system that it had set to overcome in order to change the world.”

References to the original: Speech by Fidel Castro Ruz, at the ceremony commemorating the 45th anniversary of the landing of the Granma expedition, December 2, 2001

“Every day, our people will possess greater experience and knowledge in many fields. Above all, they must be an example of full social justice, more perfect and profound every day, and they must share their experience with the rest of the world. Our strength will come from our ideas, and the strength of our ideas will come, above all, from our example.”

References to the original: Speech by Fidel Castro Ruz, at the ceremony commemorating the 45th anniversary of the landing of the Granma expedition, December 2, 2001

“The feats that our country is already capable of in the field of medicine, the enormous human capital it has developed: no other country in the world has these things. We have professionals willing to travel anywhere in the world, no matter how tough the conditions are there, and this is something no one else has.”

References to the original: Segment of the televised round table discussion of the incident at the Mexican Embassy, 5/3/2002

“No one has more faith than we do in our country, in the Revolution, in what it has achieved, in the virtues of our people”.

References to the original: Segment of the televised round table discussion of the incident at the Mexican Embassy

“A nuclear world war almost broke out because of the empire’s stubbornness and it is still stubborn. They just never learn that it is impossible to destroy this Revolution defended by this people, (APPLAUSE) and not only because of the physical strength of our fighters but because of their moral forces, because of their willingness to win or die, because of their willingness to defend an historic, revolutionary process which has given us all that we have today.”

References to the original: Open Tribunal of the Revolution, held in Buey Arriba, Granma province, March 30, 2002

“The Revolution gave the people the property of their own country. What the Revolution eradicated was the property of the basic means of production, of the financial institutions and of other crucial services which were in the hands of those who plundered and exploited the people --and made fortunes on the workers’ sweat-- or that only served the rich and the privileged, leaving the poor and the black people out”.

References to the original: Key address at the rally protesting and repudiating the blockade, the slanders, the lies and threats of president Bush, June 1, 2002

“Revolutionary Cubans, in the thick of the Battle of Ideas we are waging and embroiled in the arduous and heroic defence of our Homeland, the Revolution and Socialism, on a day like today we are rendering a special tribute to our two great heroes, with a firm, unshakeable decision: We shall all be like Maceo and Che”

References to the original: Speech given at the ceremony in homage to the births of Maceo and Che in el Cacahual, Havana, June 15, 2002