Fidel Castro

Cuban revolutionary leader

Modern influential 191 sayings

Sayings by Fidel Castro

The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.

1961 — On revolutionary power
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

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

1956 — First public statement after landing in Cuba
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.

1959 — Early denial of communism
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The United States has no right to tell us what to do. We are a sovereign nation.

1960 — Speech at the United Nations
Controversial Unverifiable

I reached the conclusion that the only way to achieve our goals was through armed struggle.

Undated, likely 1960s — Interview about the Moncada Barracks attack
Controversial Unverifiable

We do not accept a world in which some are born rich and others are born poor.

1979 — Speech at the United Nations
Controversial Unverifiable

I have never seen a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas that sustain the Christian faith.

1985 — Interview with Frei Betto, 'Fidel and Religion'
Controversial Unverifiable

If surviving is an art, then I am a master.

Undated, likely 2000s — Interview
Controversial Unverifiable

The greatest danger to the world is not war, but the unequal distribution of wealth.

Undated — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but in power to realize a program.

Undated, likely 1960s — Interview
Controversial Unverifiable

The duty of every progressive government is to support the liberation movements of the world.

Undated, likely 1970s — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

I would not change a single comma of our history. We have done what we had to do.

Undated, likely 2000s — Interview
Controversial Unverifiable

We are not afraid of the United States. We are not afraid of anyone.

Undated, likely 1960s — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

The future belongs to socialism.

Undated — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

I never saw a contradiction between my ideas and the ideas of that man, Jesus Christ.

1985 — Interview with Frei Betto, 'Fidel and Religion'
Controversial Unverifiable

There is no other option than victory.

Undated, likely 1960s — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

The greatest glory of the revolution is to have made it possible for any Cuban to feel the owner of his own destiny.

Undated — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

I am convinced that only socialism can solve the problems of the world.

Undated, likely 1990s — Interview
Controversial Unverifiable

We are fighting for the freedom of our people, for the dignity of our nation.

Undated, likely 1960s — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable

The revolution will be victorious, or it will be defeated, but it will never be betrayed.

Undated — Speech
Controversial Unverifiable