“My mantra is always, "Take a nap first, Matt! Then think." It's silly, but it works.” Quote by Matthew Moy
“The Cuban Revolutionary Government has been generous and very considerate to me and my family. I lived in Santa Clara for a few months because I wanted to work in the countryside and get to know the country better.” KnowsHas BeensCountryGovernmentWantedMonthsMy FamilyRevolutionaryGenerousSantaCountrysideCubanConsiderateClara Author:Huey Newton
“I worked in the mechanical factories repairing cement trucks. The Cuban government wanted me to work in the university as a teacher in literature, but I declined because I wanted a more sense of the countryside.” GovernmentWantedLiteratureTeacherUniversityFactoriesTruckCountrysideCubanCementRepairing Author:Huey Newton
“The neighbors were more than neighbors [on Cuba]. They were like part of the family.” NeighborCuba Author:Huey Newton
“Just before I left [Cuba], I was about to transfer to the university. I had decided I had had enough experience in work in the manual areas. But then I got word from the United States that I could return...that my party had gathered enough information about the false charges that were against me for me to return to the United States.” StatesEnoughLeftUnitedPartyUnited StatesInformationReturnAreasDecidedUniversityCubaTransfersHad EnoughManuals Author:Huey Newton
“I am very happy here [on Cuba], but I feel I have work to do in the United States. It's where I can identify with the total world struggle for socialism. But I think as a North American, as a Black North American, I have certain understandings - certain contributions - to make that are unique to the North Amerian experience.” ThinkingWorldFeelsI CanStatesCertainUnderstandingBlackUnitedUnited StatesStruggleUniqueSocialismContributionVery HappyCuba Author:Huey Newton
“I think it's wrong for North America in particular, the West in general to make a comparison between the economic situation in Cuba and the extraordinarily developed industrial complex of North America.” ThinkingAmericaSituationEconomicParticularWestComplexesComparisonCubaNorth America Author:Huey Newton
“More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.” PeopleInspirationalGovernmentVisionPoliticianFuturePressesLawyerReleaseAfrican AmericanOfficialsProvidingStrictBlack WomenSlogansCivil Rights MovementHandshakePublic OfficialsVisions Of The FuturePress Release Author:Barbara Jordan
“Cuba was neo-colony of the United States and still suffers a blockade. So, therefore, the consumer goods and so forth, we don't have here, especially when you leave the city areas it's a spartan life. But what is impressive about it is what is coming about. It's the future that all these socialists look forward to.” LooksStillsStatesSufferingUnitedCitiesUnited StatesAreasConsumersGoodsImpressiveCubaColonyBlockades Author:Huey Newton
“I think the basis - the foundation - has already been laid for a society where people will work together and enjoy the wealth of the whole nation together. I think this will be accomplished because this is the theme of the revolutionary government's program.” PeopleThinkingWholeGovernmentTogetherNationsEnjoyWealthProgramBasesFoundationRevolutionaryThemeAccomplishedWorking Together Author:Huey Newton