Quotes by Fidel Castro

"A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.""The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger.""There is often talk of human rights, but it is also necessary to talk of the rights of humanity. Why should some people walk barefoot, so that others can travel in luxurious cars? Why should some live for thirty-five years, so that others can live for seventy years? Why should some be miserably poor, so that others can be hugely rich? I speak on behalf of the children in the world who do not have a piece of bread. I speak on the behalf of the sick who have no medicine, of those whose rights to life and human dignity have been denied.""...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.""I'm not attached to anything.I'm attached to what it feels it's my duty, to do my duty.I think that I will die with the boots on.""Today, the entire country is an immense University.""A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.""Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.""We have the lowest student-teacher ratio and spend five times as much on schools than war - the opposite of what the United States does. explaining why Cuba has the highest literacy in the world]"