“From its earliest days, the Cuban Revolution has also been a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people. We admire the sacrifices of the Cuban people in maintaining their independence and sovereignty in the face of the vicious imperialist-orquestrated campaign to destroy the impressive gain made in the Cuban Revolution. Long live the Cuban Revolution. Long live comrade Fidel Castro.” PeopleLongMadeInspirationFacesSacrificeSourceRevolutionGainsIndependenceCampaignsAdmireSovereigntyViciousMaintainingImpressiveComradeCubanCastroSource Of InspirationCuban Revolution Author:Nelson Mandela
“Since the Cuban Revolution and since the invasion of Santo Domingo a state of emergency has existed in Latin America. The Marines shoot at anything that moves, regardless of partyaffiliation.” StatesAmericaMovingRevolutionLatinEmergenciesMarineInvasionLatin AmericaCubanCuban Revolution Author:Regis Debray
“I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution.” PeopleWorldStatesCausesUnitedUnited StatesSacrificeRevolutionVictoryDestructionPreparedStrikesNuclearImperialismProposeCubanLaunchingCuban Revolution Author:Fidel Castro
“A revolution is bloody, but America is in a unique position. She's the only country in history in a position actually to become involved in a bloodless revolution. The Russian revolution was bloody, Chinese revolution was bloody, French revolution was bloody, Cuban revolution was bloody, and there was nothing more bloody then the American Revolution. But today this country can become involved in a revolution that won't take bloodshed. All she's got to do is give the black man in this country everything that's due him, everything.” MenGivingCountryTodayAmericaBlackPositionRevolutionInvolvedUniqueDuesChineseBloodyAmerican RevolutionCubanBloodshedFrench RevolutionRussian RevolutionCuban RevolutionChinese Revolution Author:Malcolm X
“I think that one of the great things that the Cuban revolution has done is preserve history.” ThinkingDoneRevolutionGreat ThingsPreservesCubanCuban Revolution Author:Assata Shakur
“If the U.S. succeeds in destroying the revolution, my status will be like that of most Cubans: I'll be up a creek without a paddle. It will be devastating for people worldwide who believe in justice.” PeopleIfsBelieveJusticeRevolutionSucceedDestroyingCubanCreeks Author:Assata Shakur
“I think the big tragedy of the Cuban Revolution was that it became dependent on the Soviet Union, and it became dependent on the Soviet Union under a very reactionary bureaucratic regime led by Leonid Brezhnev.” ThinkingBigsRevolutionTragedyUnionsDependentSovietRegimesSoviet UnionCubanReactionariesCuban RevolutionBrezhnev Author:Tariq Ali
“I do think the Cubans have to change some of the political structures there and allow critical voices, for their own sakes, because unless there is accountability the revolution will totally atrophy.” ThinkingPoliticalVoiceRevolutionStructureSakeCriticalAccountabilityCubanAtrophy Author:Tariq Ali
“I think it's just been a core part of the Cuban revolution to have a very high level of internationalism. I mean, these cases you've mentioned are cases in point, but the most extreme case was the liberation of Africa. Take the case of Angola for example, and there are real connections between Cuba and Angola-much of the Cuban population comes from Angola.” ThinkingMeanRealLevelsCasesExampleRevolutionConnectionsPopulationExtremesCoreLiberationCubaCubanHigh LevelInternationalismCuban RevolutionReal ConnectionAngola Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you're not smart enough to know what Fidel meant during the Cuban revolution, that - when they were on the Granma - Fidel was already a rock star in Cuba, and how important that was to the indigenous population, then you're not paying attention.” IfsKnowsImportantEnoughStarsAttentionRocksRevolutionSmartPopulationPay AttentionIndigenousRock StarCubaCubanCuban Revolution Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I have a nice little idea from some people I met there who are now in their seventies, and I want to tell their story about the revolution through the eyes of musicians, in fact. The '59 Revolution. And what has happened to them since. It's very much a Cuban story. They haven't fared too well.” PeopleWantWellsLittlesIdeasFactsStoriesEyeNiceHappenedHavensRevolutionMetsMusicianSeventiesCubanThrough The Eyes Author:John Gimlette
“I wanted to leave high school in 1958 and join the Cuban revolution. So the only reason I did not come to join [Fidel] Castro was because my mother would not let me. I was only 16.” ReasonWantedSchoolMotherRevolutionHigh SchoolLet MeCubanCastroCuban Revolution Author:Huey Newton
“Many who later lost faith in Fidel Castro can remember how they once admired the man who needed just a dozen men to launch the Cuban revolution.” MenRememberLostHe ManRevolutionNeededDozenCubanCastroLost FaithCuban Revolution Author:Tom Gjelten
“Comandante Fidel Castro loves Cuba! But his love for humanity, if you'll pardon the expression, trumped his love for Cuba: He was universal; he was an internationalist, and he put that spirit in the hearts and minds of the Cuban people through the Cuban Revolution.” PeopleIfsMindHeartSpiritHumanityExpressionRevolutionUniversalHeart And MindHis LovePardonCubaCubanCastroCuban RevolutionLove For Humanity Author:Louis Farrakhan
“We have a complete respect for history, we respect the experiences of other countries and we have our own, but the truth is that if the Cuban revolution had not been a democracy it would not have survived.” IfsCountryDemocracyRevolutionTruth IsOther CountriesSurvivedCubanCuban Revolution Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“I am not the representative of guerrilla in this hemisphere. I would say that the representative would be Fidel Castro which was the leader of our revolution and who had the most outstanding role in the direction of the revolutionary struggle and directs the strategy of the Cuban government.” GovernmentWould BeLeaderRolesStruggleRevolutionStrategyRevolutionaryRepresentativesOutstandingCubanCastroHemisphereGuerrillas Author:Che Guevara