Fidel Castro

"Beauty awakens consciousness."

"Death is the final judgment of one's life."

"A revolution is not a bed of roses."

"The duty of every revolutionary is to make the revolution."

"Without a struggle, there is no progress."

"I am not a communist, I am a revolutionary."

"Condemn me, it does not matter. History will absolve me."

"The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love."

"To be a revolutionary is not a profession; it is a way of life."

"We have a right to dream. We have a right to hope."

"Courage is the first quality of a revolutionary."

"Education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world."

"I have always been more of a nationalist than a communist."

"The people are the protagonists of history."

"Death does not frighten me; what frightens me is injustice."

"A revolution must be just to be successful."

"Men do not shape destiny, destiny produces the men."

"The greatest virtue of a man is his responsibility to future generations."

"Whoever is not prepared to shed blood for their ideas deserves nothing."

"I prefer to die standing than to live kneeling."

"The capacity for work is a gift that not all men possess equally."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"One does not live by repeating what one has said, but by constantly saying new things."

"The powerful feed ideology to the masses like food."

"A true revolutionary is moved by great feelings of love for their people."

"Socialism and communism are related, but not identical concepts."

"I am my own master, not subject to any man."

"The revolution feeds on itself; it consumes its children."

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream."

"Opportunities are not lost; someone else takes them."