Fidel Castro

The revolution will not be televised, but it will be victorious.

I smoke cigars, but I do not inhale.

The United States has always been a friend of the Cuban people, but not of their government.

The revolution is a struggle for justice.

I am not against the United States, but I am against imperialism.

I am a product of the revolution.

The revolution is a dream come true.

I am not a god, but I am a man of my word.

I have reached the conclusion that the only way to defend the revolution is to make many enemies.

A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

I don't think there's any perfect society. I think that there are always struggles, there are always contradictions, there are always conflicts. But I think that the ideals of communism are the highest ideals of humanity.

The United States has a law that says if you are Cuban and you step on U.S. soil, you are immediately a U.S. citizen. And then they complain about illegal immigration.

I swear before all the people, that if necessary, we will fight to the last drop of blood in defense of our homeland and our revolution.

We are not afraid of weapons; we are not afraid of bombs; we are not afraid of anything. We are only afraid of hunger and unemployment.

Socialism or death! This is our slogan, because we believe in socialism.

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that gave me strength in my youth and the ideas that I have now. They are the same ideas, but I have developed them.

The greatest danger to the revolution is not external aggression, but internal weakness.

I don't propose to be a dictator. I don't propose to be a tyrant. I propose to be a leader of a revolution.

The future of humanity is not capitalism, the future of humanity is socialism.

I have never seen a single dollar bill in my life. I have never had a bank account. I have never had a private property.