Portrait of Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Cuban revolutionary leader

Modern influential 191 sayings

Sayings by Fidel Castro

We will continue to fight for our ideals, no matter how difficult the struggle.

1961 — Speech
War & Conflict Unverifiable

I have never been a conformist. I have always been a rebel.

Unknown — Interview
Wisdom Unverifiable

The greatest weapon against injustice is education.

1960 — Speech
Educational Unverifiable

We are a small country, but we are a dignified country.

1961 — Speech
Wisdom Unverifiable

I am not a communist, I am a socialist.

1957 — Interview with Herbert Matthews of The New York Times (before publicly declaring himself a Marxist-L…
Political Unverifiable

The revolution will not be televised.

Approx. 1960s — Often attributed to him, though the exact origin is debated and might be a popularization of his ide…
Political Unverifiable

I am not interested in being a hero, I am interested in being a revolutionary.

Unknown — Reported statement
Political Unverifiable

Socialism or death!

Various, starting 1960s — Common slogan used in many of his speeches
Life & Death Unverifiable

To be a revolutionary is to be a dreamer who knows how to make dreams come true.

Unknown — Speech
Inspirational Unverifiable

The best way to defend the revolution is to make it irreversible.

1960 — Speech
Political Unverifiable

I have a clear conscience. I have done my duty.

Unknown — Reported statement
Educational Unverifiable

The greatest challenge facing humanity is the preservation of the environment.

1992 — Speech at the Rio Earth Summit
Nature & World Unverifiable

We are not afraid of anything. We are not afraid of anyone.

1961 — Speech
Wisdom Unverifiable

Ideas do not need weapons.

1959 — Speech
War & Conflict Unverifiable

The world today is a battlefield where the forces of progress and reaction are constantly clashing.

1979 — Speech
War & Conflict Unverifiable

I am not a legend. I am just a man who has fought for his people.

Unknown — Interview
Wisdom Unverifiable

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

1961 — On revolutionary struggle
Political Unverifiable

Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.

2000 — On economic systems
Political Unverifiable

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

2006 — On aging
Power & Leadership Unverifiable

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and Latin America?

1991 — On global inequality
Inspirational Unverifiable
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