Fidel Castro Quotes

I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.

Cuba has become a symbol of courageous resistance to attack. Since 1959, Cuba has been under attack from the hemispheric superpower.

Jose Marti, known as 'the Apostle of Cuban Independence,' was an influential poet, journalist, and political theorist who became a symbol for the Cuban people's bid for independence. The concepts of freedom, liberty, and self-determination feature prominently in his work.

We should never suffer Cuba to pass from the hands of Spain to any other European power.

In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics.

The people of the Island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent… it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.

I can assure you that this flag will be returned to this brigade in a free Havana.

We in this country have to realize that that Castro revolution against General Batista came about because of conditions that had been allowed to continue over the years in which a large number of people of Cuba had been exploited, ignored and beaten down.

The Castro regime is a thorn in the flesh, but it is not a dagger in the heart.... I have no evidence that the Cuban people are able and willing at this time to assist any invasion from the outside.

The United States' flag should only fly in Cuba when the island is free, when dissent is embraced, and when democracy is restored.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.

Was Castro sincere when, during his guerrilla war, he swore that he was not a Communist? If so, when did he change, and why? Looking back, does he believe he might have chosen a better course?

I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revolution, if you think that Fidel has now been in power for 44 extremely long years. I started looking at the revolution as history, and not as part of the daily news.

Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue.

Cambodia is not going to be bought by anyone.

I always felt that the Cubans were being pushed into the Soviet Bloc by American policy.

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.

This is what separates us from you: We made demands. You were satisfied to serve the power of your nation, and we dreamed of giving ours her truth.

The peace which we are pledged to leave to the Cuban people must carry with it the guaranties of permanence. We became sponsors for the pacification of the island, and we remain accountable to the Cubans, no less than to our own country and people, for the reconstruction of Cuba as a free commonwealth on abiding foundations of right, justice, liberty, and assured order.

We can never beat England, can’t even remain long in a fight with her on her own terms. All we can do, and it should be enough, is to remain Irish in spite of her, and work out our destiny in the very many fields in which we are free to do so.

… the most sacred right [revolution] to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.