Fidel Castro

"One must love humanity to truly serve it."

"The faith of a people in their cause is more powerful than weapons."

"Solitude allows reflection; community allows action."

"A just cause needs no propaganda; it speaks for itself."

"The revolution is not a destination but a continuous journey."

"Gratitude for freedom is best expressed through its defense."

"Art and literature are the conscience of society."

"The death of injustice is the birth of freedom."

"One cannot ignore science without ignoring reality itself."

"The power of an idea cannot be stopped by any force."

"A nation's strength is measured by how it treats its weakest members."

"The revolution teaches that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things."

"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall."

"A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past."

"Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the men that it requires."

"I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I would do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith."

"Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement."

"The revolution has its own dynamics and logic."

"Condemn me. It is immaterial to me. History will absolve me."

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

"Everywhere death is found in a corpse, but everywhere a beginning is found in death."

"Capitalism has never existed in Cuba. Before we had colonialism, then imperialism, and now we have socialism."

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

"I think there is no place for me in the history of the future."

"It is forbidden to forbid."

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

"One does not accumulate the kind of experience I have accumulated without being sharply conscious of how badly many people need basic schooling."

"Cowardice as we all know, encompasses all of the evils of this world."

"The wealth of a country is its working people."

"Silence is sometimes the best answer."