Fidel Castro

I became a Communist by studying capitalist political economy, and when I had some understanding of that problem, it actually seemed to me so absurd, so irrational, so inhuman, that I simply began to elaborate on my own formulas for production and distribution.

I think that I will die with the boots on.

I think that I will die with the boots on.

Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.

Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.

I'll be 90 years old soon. Soon I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain as proof that on this planet, if one works with fervor and dignity, they can produce the material and cultural goods that human beings need and that need to be fought for without ever giving up.

I'll be 90 years old soon. Soon I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain as proof that on this planet, if one works with fervor and dignity, they can produce the material and cultural goods that human beings need and that need to be fought for without ever giving up.

I ask your forgiveness for having fallen. To prevent speculation, I observe I have a fracture in the knee and maybe the arm too, I'm not sure.

I ask your forgiveness for having fallen. To prevent speculation, I observe I have a fracture in the knee and maybe the arm too, I'm not sure.

I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be a Marxist-Leninist until the last day of my life.

I began the revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I would do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and a plan of action.

I think that a man should not be deprived of his life, not even if he commits a crime. But when a nation is in danger, when a nation is confronted with the possibility of being destroyed, then the nation has the right to use any means to defend itself.

I reached the conclusion that the only way to save the world was to organize it on a socialist basis. And that was when I became a Marxist-Leninist.

The United States has no right to tell us what to do. We are a sovereign country. We are not a colony of the United States.

I am not an adventurer, but one of those who is willing to give his life to defend what he believes.

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

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

The greatest danger threatening us is not that of being defeated, but that of being corrupted.

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

I am not afraid of death. I am afraid of dishonor.