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.
— Fidel Castro Modern

Cuban revolutionary leader

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Quoting Mao Zedong, in a speech

Date / Period

1967

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Controversial

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https://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/archive/castro/1967/03/mao.htm

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