Fidel Castro

I am a soldier of ideas.

The United States has more than enough power to destroy us, but it cannot make us surrender.

I have no personal ambitions. I only want to serve my people.

The revolution is a permanent process.

We will resist until the last breath.

I have been asked if I would accept a peaceful coexistence with capitalism. My answer is yes, but only if they accept a peaceful coexistence with socialism.

The revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

Man does not live by bread alone. He also lives by dignity.

The truth is that the revolution has been a permanent battle.

We are revolutionary, not because we are interested in destroying, but because we are interested in building.

The United States is a country of hypocrites.

I am not a dictator. I am a servant of the people.

The revolution triumphs when the people are united.

We will never surrender our principles.

The most important thing is to preserve the unity of the revolution.

The Cuban revolution is an example for all the oppressed peoples of the world.

I consider myself a socialist, a communist, a Marxist-Leninist.

The greatest challenge is to maintain the purity of the revolution.

We are facing a global crisis, and only an internationalist solution can solve it.

The revolution is a school of life.