Fidel Castro Quotes - Page 5

I am someone who's been in politics for 43 years and I know what I'm doing and what I should do. Have no doubt that I know how to tell the truth and to do so elegantly.

I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not people driven by a wish to be in the government since [it] is for us the least attractive work, even though we are politicians.

I am not a follower of Moscow, but its victim.

I do not conceive of any manifestation of culture, of science, of art, as purposes in themselves. I think the purpose of science and culture is man.

I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.

A smart policy should be one that tends to receive the capitals, pays the price for that capital - which is the interest - returns the capital and in the end the factories, the industries, are left to remain in the country.

Sovereignty is not negotiated in exchange for anything; to maintain the achievements of the revolution does not depend on a foreign power.

The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

Hysterical? Neuractic? I am all that ain't more than juggernaut!

The Alliance for Progress is an alliance between one millionaire and many beggars.

We do not deny the possibility of peaceful [political] transition, but we are still awaiting the first case.

I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.