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“This tribute could not have been more pure, this gesture could not have been more noble, nor could it have been more noble, brothers of Venezuela, to have received from this noble and heroic people a greater favor than the one received by the people of Cuba from the people of Venezuela tonight”.

References to the original: Speech by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at the Plaza Aérea del Silencio, in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 23, 1959

“The Americas is far too much on guard to be subdued again. These peoples have become all too aware of their destiny to resign themselves again to the subjugation and wretched abjection in which we have been living for more than a century”.

References to the original: Speech by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at the Plaza Aérea del Silencio, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 23, 1959
"The Revolution is the work of everyone, the Revolution is the sacrifice of everyone, the revolution is the ideal of everyone and the revolution shall be the fruit of everyone."
References to the original: Speech given in Güines, March 29, 1959
“Our Revolution has four things and they precisely constitute reasons to be admired by the Cubans: this is, in the first place, a revolution that has people; it is a revolution where the government of the republic can say that it has an army; it is a revolution that makes laws that are truly revolutionary.”
References to the original: Speech given at a rally held on his return from abroad, at the Civic Square, May 8, 1959
“The Revolution must aspire to have the friendship and congeniality of all the peoples of the world; the Revolution must aspire  to have trade relations with all the peoples of the world; the Revolution must aspire to all friendly relations with all the peoples of the world.”
References to the original: Speech at the event with bank employees.

“We will turn these military barracks into a school! So we will turn these military barracks into a school that will be attended by hundreds of children, because our true military barracks are in the people; our Revolution is defended by the people! And if we have to fight against a foreign enemy, the whole people will be ready to defend it!”

References to the original: Speech made at the ‘Agramonte Camp’ in Camaguey, October 21, 1959

“And remember this, remember what history teaches: that there is no halfway in these revolutionary processes, which either attain full victory or stand to be defeated; history teaches that the way is from extreme revolution to extreme reaction. And, of course, you can be sure that we will not be counted among those defeated.”

References to the original: Speech made at the closing session of the 10th Congress of the Central Trade Union of Cuba (CTC), November 21, 2009