I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my work ... - Fidel Castro

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

Fidel Castro Perseverance

President, Revolutionary Leader Cuban 1926–2016

More from Fidel Castro

"A revolution is not a bed of roses."

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

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

"I am a Marxist-Leninist and will be one until the day I die."

"Perseverance is the key to success."

"Don't give up on what you believe in."

"I've been through worse."

"You learn to live with the pain."