I was a man who was lucky enough to have discovered a political theory, a man who was caught up in the whirlpool of Cuba's political crisis...; discovering Marxism...was like finding a map in the forest.
Fidel CastroI have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas.
Fidel CastroThere is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.
Fidel CastroThe revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.
Fidel CastroThere is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?
Fidel CastroWith what moral authority can they speak of human rights - the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar coexist; the Indian is exterminated; the black man is discriminated against; the woman is prostituted; and the great masses of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Latin Americans are scorned, exploited, and humiliated? How can they do this - the bosses of an empire where the mafia, gambling, and child prostitution are imposed; where the CIA organizes plans of global subversion and espionage, and the Pentagon creates neutron bombs capable of preserving material assets and wiping out human beings.
Fidel Castro