Fidel Castro

"An individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and accepts the penalty by staying in jail is expressing the highest respect for law."

"You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself."

"First and foremost, I am a revolutionary."

"Everyone should be able to read and write. Education is the foundation of development."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"A people without a leader is like a body without a head."

"Education is the foundation of freedom and progress."

"Wars of liberation have long since been studied as eventful chapters in the history of all peoples."

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it."

"To die under the flag of one's country is to live eternally."

"Whoever doubts the people doubts the future."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and imprisonment."

"Men are not born free. They make themselves free through their actions."

"To accuse me now of being a Marxist-Leninist is like trying to teach fire how to burn."

"My only loyalty is to the revolution, to the people."

"Blind indifference to past suffering is not acceptable."

"The goal is not just to change society but to transform human beings."

"I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my work is done would mean to desert the people I promised to serve."

"Wealth is the result of theft and exploitation."

"Nothing in the world is stronger than the will of the people."

"History does not propose dilemmas, it imposes them."

"The duty of a revolutionary is not to be comfortable."

"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please."

"This is a revolution of the humble, with the humble, and for the humble."

"To be a human being means to possess a conscience."

"I am someone who has learned from all the teachings of the world's great men."

"The revolution has redistributed the land and wealth according to the needs of the people."

"Never in my life have I created a martyr. Martyrs are created by the tyranny of their oppressors."

"A true revolutionary is prepared to die for their principles."

"The people are the true measure of power."