Fidel Castro citáty

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„Nevadí, že ma odsúdite, história ma ospravedlní.“

„Vlasť alebo smrť! Zvíťazíme!“

„Ľud musí poznať príčiny vecí.“

„40 rokov sme boli cieľom vašich vražedných sprisahaní, žoldáckych invázií, vojenských útokov, povstaní naplánovaných a platených vašou CIA! 40 rokov ste nám vyhlasovali hospodársku a politickú vojnu, urobili ste všetko aby ste nás zničili nedemokratickými spôsobmi, pretože hovoríte, že sme nedemokratickí! 40 rokov a vy stále odmietate prijať rozhodnutie svojho suseda, žiť vo svojom vlastnom dome podľa svojho priania! Je to demokracia? Potrestať každú Zem, ktorá s vami nesúhlasí? Pred rokom 59 ste mali jedinú politiku, že nás musíte využiť. Po roku 59 ste voči Kube mali jedinú politiku, že nás musíte zničiť! Je to demokracia?“

„Nech zmizne hlad, nie ľudia.“

„Ani mŕtvi nemôžu odpočívať v pokoji v utláčanej krajine.“

„Idey nepotrebujú ani zbrane, prostredníctvom ktorých by boli schopné získať si veľké masy ľudí.“

„Perestrojka je pre mňa ako žena iného muža, nikdy by ste jej nemali dvoriť otvorene.“

„La historia me absolverá!“

„Viem dobre, že človek je smrteľný a nestarať sa o to bolo by jediným z kľúčov môjho života.“

„Legitímna ústava je taká, ktorá vychádza priamo od suverénneho ľudu. Pol milióna poľnohospodárskych robotníkov, ktorí žijú v chudobe, 400 tisíc ľudí, ktorých dôchodky spreneverili Batistoví úradníci, deti, ktoré zomierajú… The Declaration of Independence hovorí: Pokladáme za samozrejmé pravdy, že všetci ľudia sú stvorení ako seberovní, že sú obdarovaní svojim Stvoriteľom určitými nescudziteľnými právami, medzi ktoré patrí právo na život, slobodu a sledovanie osobného šťastia. K zaisteniu týchto práv sa ustanovujú medzi ľuďmi vlády, odvodzujúc ich moc zo súhlasu tých, ktorým vládnu. Kedykoľvek začne byť táto vláda týmto cieľom na prekážku, má ľud právo ju zmeniť alebo zrušiť a ustanoviť vládu novú… Nevadí, že ma odsúdite, história ma ospravedlní.“

„Revolúcia nie je ružový chodníček… Revolúcia je boj na smrť medzi budúcnosťou a minulosťou.
Povedal v prejave prednesenom počas druhého výročia revolúcie 2. januára 1961.“

“Marxism-Leninism is the richest doctrine in ideas of justice, freedom, equality, fraternity among men.”

“Marxism-Leninism is ultimately deeply internationalist and, at the same time, deeply patriotic.”

“Comrade Ho Chi Minh, in a genious way, combined the struggle for national independence with the struggle for the rights of the masses oppressed by the exploiters and the feudals. He saw that the path was to combine the patriotic feelings of peoples with the need of freedom from social exploitation. National liberation and social liberation were the two pillars on which his doctrine was based. Furthermore, he saw that underdeveloped countries, in those conditions because of capitalism, could make a leap in history, building their economy along the path of socialism, saving themselves from the sacrifices and the horrors of capitalism.”

“The death of a fighter is not a reason to mourn, if we believe, as we have always believed, as our people have believed and as revolutionaries of every era have believed, that no true man, no true revolutionary dies in vain.”

“Che brought the ideas of Marxism-Leninism to their freshest, purest, most revolutionary expression.”

“Kim Il-sung, one of the most prominent, bright and heroic socialist leaders of the present day, whose history is one of the most beautiful thing a revolutionary may have written in the service of the cause of socialism.”

“We believe that Marxism-Leninism is an incontestable truth.”

“It is necessary that each Marxist-Leninist understand that he can contribute to Marxism-Leninism with an atom of his experience, that every solution he finds, every experience he acquires, in the act of solving a problem, will be one more experience with which he enriches Marxism-Leninism, because Marxism-Leninism has been enriched so much precisely by the experience of millions and millions of Marxist-Leninists acting in the reality of life.”

“The first duty of the revolutionaries is to tell the truth. Fooling the people, promoting illusions, always brings the worst consequences, and I believe that the people should be warned against excessive optimism. How did the Red Army win the war? By telling the truth. How did the dictatorship lose the war? By deceiving the soldiers.”

“The 26th of July Movement is the revolutionary organization of the humble, by the humble, for the humble. The 26th July Movement is the hope of redemption for the Cuban working lass, who can hope for nothing from the political cliques; it is the hope of land for the peasants who live like pariahs in the country whose freedom their grandfathers won; it is the hope of going back home for the emigres who had to leave their country, here they could not live or work, and it is the hope of daily bread for the hungry and of justice for the forgotten.”

“Marxism-Leninism is an explanation of historical events; Marxism-Leninism is a guide for action, Marxism-Leninism is the ideology of the proletariat, which must guide, make its action conscious to overthrow exploiters, to establish a classless society.”

“Fascism, with its violence, gets rid of everything: it attacks universities, it closes them and crushes them; it attacks intellectuals, represses them and persecutes them; it attacks political parties; it attacks trade union organizations; it attacks all mass and cultural organizations. Therefore, nothing is more violent, more retrograde and more illegal than fascism.”

“Marxism-Leninism is the denial of the exploitation of man by man, that has been precisely the source of crimes, wars, oppressions and calamities that humanity has suffered over millennia.”

“Marxism-Leninism is the ideology of the working class, the most complete political doctrine, the most accurate explanation of social and historical problems.”

“Human rights are very often spoken of, but we must also speak of humanity's rights. Why should some people go barefoot that others may travel in expensive cars? Why should some live only 35 years that others may live 70? Why should some be miserably poor that others may be exaggeratedly rich? I speak on behalf of the children of the world who do not even have a piece of bread. I speak on behalf of the sick who lack medicine. I speak to you on behalf of those who have been denied the right to life and human dignity.”

“Some people wanted to know what the policy of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba was. Very well, then, this is our policy.”