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Other nations of the world summon my modest efforts of assistance.
Farewell letter to Fidel Castro (1965)
We, practical revolutionaries, initiating our own struggle, simply fulfill laws foreseen by Marx, the scientist.
Notes on the Cuban Revolution (1960)
The desire to sacrifice an entire lifetime to the noblest of ideals serves no purpose if one works alone.
On Revolutionary Medicine (1960)
There are no other alternatives; either a socialist revolution or a make-believe revolution.
Message to the Tricontinental (1967)
The socialist countries must help pay for the development of countries now starting out on the road to liberation.
Afro-Asian Conference (1965)
The university should color itself black and color itself mulatto—not just as regards students but also professors.
Speech at the University of Las Villas (1959)
The individual under socialism, despite apparent standardization, is more complete.
Man and Socialism in Cuba (1965)
We should not allow the word "democracy" to be utilized apologetically to represent the dictatorship of the exploiting classes.
Method of Guerrilla Warfare (1963)
In the future individualism ought to be the efficient utilization of the whole individual for the absolute benefit of a collectivity.
On Revolutionary Medicine (1960)
Moral missiles are such a devastatingly effective weapon that they have become the most important element in determining Cuba's value.
Tactics and Strategy of the Latin American Revolution (1962)
While envisaging the destruction of imperialism, it is necessary to identify its head, which is no other than the United States of America.
Message to the Tricontinental (1967)
Guerrilla warfare is a people's warfare; an attempt to carry out this type of war without the population's support is a prelude to inevitable disaster.
Method of Guerrilla Warfare (1963)
Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the people's unity against the great enemy of mankind: the United States of America.
Message to the Tricontinental (1967)
The first liberating revolutions never destroyed the large landholding powers that always constituted a reactionary force and upheld the principle of servitude on the land.
Cuba as Vanguard (1961)
The Cuban Revolution takes up Marx at the point where he himself left science to shoulder his revolutionary rifle.
Notes on the Cuban Revolution (1960)
The inflow of capital from the developed countries is the prerequisite for the establishment of economic dependence.
On Development (1964)
While a person dies every day during the eight or more hours in which he or she functions as a commodity, individuals come to life afterward in their spiritual creations.
Man and Socialism in Cuba (1965)
Many will call me an adventurer — and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
If my final hour finds me under other skies, my last thought will be of this people and especially of you.
Farewell letter to Fidel Castro (1965)
Reading should be encouraged at all times, with an effort to promote books that are worthwhile and that enlarge the recruit's facility to encounter the world of letters and great national problems
Guerrilla Warfare (1961)