Fidel Castro

Cuban revolutionary leader

Modern influential 191 sayings

Sayings by Fidel Castro

We will continue to fight for our ideals, no matter how difficult the struggle.

1961 — Speech
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I have never been a conformist. I have always been a rebel.

Unknown — Interview
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The greatest weapon against injustice is education.

1960 — Speech
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We are a small country, but we are a dignified country.

1961 — Speech
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I am not a communist, I am a socialist.

1957 — Interview with Herbert Matthews of The New York Times (before publicly declaring himself a Marxist-L…
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The revolution will not be televised.

Approx. 1960s — Often attributed to him, though the exact origin is debated and might be a popularization of his ide…
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I am not interested in being a hero, I am interested in being a revolutionary.

Unknown — Reported statement
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Socialism or death!

Various, starting 1960s — Common slogan used in many of his speeches
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To be a revolutionary is to be a dreamer who knows how to make dreams come true.

Unknown — Speech
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The best way to defend the revolution is to make it irreversible.

1960 — Speech
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I have a clear conscience. I have done my duty.

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The greatest challenge facing humanity is the preservation of the environment.

1992 — Speech at the Rio Earth Summit
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We are not afraid of anything. We are not afraid of anyone.

1961 — Speech
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Ideas do not need weapons.

1959 — Speech
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The world today is a battlefield where the forces of progress and reaction are constantly clashing.

1979 — Speech
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I am not a legend. I am just a man who has fought for his people.

Unknown — Interview
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

1961 — On revolutionary struggle
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Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.

2000 — On economic systems
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I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

2006 — On aging
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and Latin America?

1991 — On global inequality
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