Citas

Because this Revolution, this Revolution, is a Revolution of the people. And these revolutionary ideas are the revolutionary ideas of the people. And this revolutionary achievement is the implementation, with the opinion of our people, of ideas universal to our very special and concrete case.

References to the original: SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION
“The Revolution had to win, first and foremost, the workers’ consciousness, and these were won for the Revolution just as long as the Revolution became, more and more, the Revolution of the workers; just as long as the Revolution deepened and as long as the class struggle broke out with all its might.”
References to the original: Speech delivered at the closing session of the twenty first Congress of the CTC-R, held at the CTC-R Theater. August 29, 1966.

"Tenemos que revolucionar nuestros hábitos, tenemos que ser permanentemente revolucionarios y tenemos que ser revolucionarios dentro de la Revolución; tenemos que superarnos en todo constantemente."

References to the original: AT THE MILITARY PARADE AND THE RALLY HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE VIII ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION
“Humanity needs these kinds of answers. Humanity is growing, humanity is multiplying. What isn’t growing, however, is the earth’s surface. Humanity shall have to do  everything in its power to increase its productivity per unit of surface, make as much of the earth or its surface productive, avail itself of all natural resources, all of science’s resources, for only those who are not revolutionaries, those who haven’t the slightest notion of the potential of humanity’s intelligence and willpower, can conceive of a world in which humanity starves”.
References to the original: Address delivered by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government, for the inauguration of the dam named Heroic Vietnam on Isle of Pines, August 12, 1967
“He left us his revolutionary thinking, he left us his revolutionary virtues, he left us his character, his will, his tenacity, his spirit of work.  In a word, he left us his example! Che’s example must be a model for our people, Che’s example must be the ideal model for our people!”
References to the original: At the solemn ceremony held in his memory on October 18, 1967, the Commander in Chief speaks

“We know that nothing will crush the Revolution, but we also know that every new effort makes us stronger, makes our Revolution stronger, makes our Revolution safer and makes our Revolution freer; it also strengthens our people as the master of their destiny…!”

References to the original: Speech given at the beginning of the activities of the ‘Ernesto Che Guevara Brigada Invasora de Maquinarias’, October 30, 1967

“Nobody can say to be the holder of absolute truth; amid the enormous complexity of the world today no one can declare to be the holder of absolute truth. We have our truths here that stem from our experience and apply to our conditions; and we have made our own deductions and conclusions but we have never claimed to be professors, we have never claimed to have the monopoly of revolutionary truths.”

References to the original: SPEECH AT THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE CULTURAL CONGRESS OF HAVANA HELD AT THE CHAPLIN THEATER, JANUARY 12, 1968