“Most people who know Cuba think Raul [Castro] would like to make more changes but has not done so yet because his brother, who is ideologically opposed to them, is still alive. What he will do when Fidel dies remains to be seen.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsDoneDiesAliveBrotherRemainsCubaCastro Author:Mark Falcoff
“I cannot personally imagine any U.S. president normalizing relations with him [Fidel Castro], as opposed to his brother, but I may prove wrong on this score.” MayPresidentImagineBrotherProveRelationScoreCastro Author:Mark Falcoff
“I think Fidel [Castro] has a stronger allergy to the market than his brother, but he is not getting in the way of what his brother is implementing.” ThinkingWayBrotherStrongerCastroAllergiesImplementing Author:Jeffrey Goldberg
“Appeasing the Castro brothers will only cause other tyrants from Caracas to Tehran to Pyongyang to see that they can take advantage of President Obama's naiveté during his final two years in office. As a result, America will be less safe as a result of the President's change in policy.” YearsTwoAmericaCausesPresidentChangeResultsPolicyBrotherSafeOfficeAdvantageFinalsTwo YearsTyrantsPresident ObamaCastroTehran Author:Marco Rubio
“A group of Cuban Americans denounced the Castro government as a fascist regime that monitors and scrutinized its citizens' everyday existence. And then they excused themselves to go watch Big Brother.” BigsGovernmentExistenceWatchesGroupsBrotherCitizensEverydayRegimesFascistsCubanCastro Author:Bill Maher
“Has the pope questioned the Christianity of the Castro brothers, of any other private citizen?” ChristianityBrotherCitizensPopeCastro Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Hillary Clinton supported concessions to the Castro brothers and got almost nothing in return for ending the embargo.” BrotherReturnClintonCastroConcessionsEmbargo Author:Chris Christie
“How can someone live with their own conscience when you reward a domestic terrorist with continued safety and betray the family of fallen police officer waiting for decades for justice for his murder? So let's ask the question. Hillary Clinton as a coddler of the brutal Castro brothers and betrayer of the family of fallen state trooper Werner Foerster and his family.” StatesAsksWaitingJusticeBrotherConscienceMurderPoliceSafetyClintonRewardsDecadesTerroristFallenOfficersBetrayBrutalPolice OfficerCastro Author:Chris Christie
“The death of Fidel Castro, of course, is not as significant when you first look at it, because Raul Castro, his brother, has been in power for years. But, in fact, he's been a looming figure even during his illness that I think has made a difference in holding us back in trying to open up more negotiations and move ahead with opening up relations between America and Cuba.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsLooksHas BeensMadeFactsAmericaMovingCoursesDifferencesFiguresBrotherRelationIllnessSignificantOpeningNegotiationCubaOpening UpCastroMoving AheadLooming Author:Amy Klobuchar
“Castro wasn't a Marxist. He was a Catholic educated by the Christian Brothers and the Jesuits. But fundamentally, I'm not talking about practising Catholics, but rather about something which is inbred; that is, a part of your country, your heritage, your life.” CountryChristianTalkingBrotherCatholicEducatedHeritageNot TalkingMarxistCastroJesuitInbredsChristian Brothers Author:Dorothy Day
“I believe that Brother Fidel Castro is one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of the struggle of human beings to attain their human rights.” BelieveHumansI BelieveHuman BeingsStruggleRightsBrotherHuman RightsRevolutionaryCastro Author:Louis Farrakhan
“For the last 60 years, dictator Fidel Castro was America's most persistent adversary. Although Castro formally handed off to his brother, Raul, eight years ago, the communist leader was a symbolic force in Cuba and around the world.” WorldLeaderBrotherCommunistDictatorPersistentAdversariesCastro Author:John S. Dickerson