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My Life: A Spoken Autobiography QUOTES

1 " Ignorance is the root of many ills. Knowledge must be the fundamental ally of nations that aspire, despite all their tragedies and problems, to become truly emancipated, to build a better world. "

― Fidel Castro , My Life: A Spoken Autobiography

2 " ...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. "

― Fidel Castro , My Life: A Spoken Autobiography

3 " From Marx, I received the concept of what human society is; otherwise, someone who hasn't read about it, or to whom it hasn't been explained, it's as though they were set down in the middle of a forest, at night, without knowing which way north is, or south, east or west. Marx told us what a society is and the history of its evolution. Without Marx, you can't formulate any argument that leads to a reasonable interpretation of historical events - what the tendencies are, the probable evolution of a humanity that has not yet completed its social evolution. "

― Fidel Castro , My Life: A Spoken Autobiography

4 " pesar del incesante hostigamiento exterior, este pequeño país, apegado a su soberanía, ha obtenido resultados muy notables en materia de desarrollo humano: abolición del racismo, emancipación de la mujer, erradicación del analfabetismo, reducción drástica de la mortalidad infantil,15 elevación del nivel cultural general… En cuestiones de educación, de salud, de investigación médica y de deporte, Cuba ha alcanzado niveles que muchos países desarrollados envidiarían.16 "

― Fidel Castro , My Life: A Spoken Autobiography

5 " The historical lesson is that a revolutionary party can carry out tactical movements, but it mustn't commit strategic errors. "

― Fidel Castro , My Life: A Spoken Autobiography