Fidel Castro

"To leave the world better than you found it is the greatest achievement."

"Imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism."

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

"Peace requires the absence of both war and the conditions that lead to war."

"An unjust law is itself a kind of violence."

"The revolution is not only necessary but inevitable."

"A man must be very wicked indeed to prefer to rob rather than work."

"Wealth without wisdom is a curse rather than a blessing."

"In every revolution, there are moments of doubt and moments of certainty."

"Nations without nationalism are merely geographical entities."

"A revolutionary must be guided by great feelings of love for their people."

"History teaches us that great changes come through struggle, not compromise."

"The measure of a man is not in how he is treated in times of comfort, but in times of challenge."

"Capitalism sanctifies greed and turns humans into machines."

"Fear is the tool of those who lack conviction and truth."

"A society that cannot feed its children is not worthy of existence."

"Revolutionary consciousness is not a luxury but a necessity."

"The greatest poverty is not material but intellectual and spiritual."

"One does not make a revolution with rose water."

"The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love."

"When the rich plunder the poor, it is called business; when the poor resist, it is called crime."

"Imperialism will always need war; the revolution will always prefer peace."

"The function of the university is to preserve and advance knowledge."

"Nations are born from the determination of free people."

"A person must have character to become a true revolutionary."

"The revolution is permanent because the needs of the people are permanent."

"Nature teaches more than textbooks; observation is the first step to understanding."

"A revolution without ideology is merely a change in personnel."

"The greatest gift one can give is the gift of hope to the hopeless."

"To advance, one must sometimes retreat; to build, one must sometimes destroy."