Castro Quotes - Page 5

• The feeling is that Fidel Castro's much bigger than he actually is.

  Barbara Walters

  Feelings, Bigger

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• The word 'charismatic' was made for Fidel Castro. You would have liked him, I would have liked him. Then you had to stop and say, 'Just a minute. This is a man who does not believe in freedom of the press...does not believe in democracy as we know democracy, had political prisoners.'

  Barbara Walters

  Believe, Men, Political

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• Some people say to me, "My God, but Fidel Castro is a communist!" I say: "No, he was a messenger of God."

  Louis Farrakhan

  People, Messengers, Communist

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• A man like Fidel Castro doesn't die: He is in the hearts and minds of the children who lined the streets when his ashes were driven from Havana, tracing the route of the revolution back to Santiago de Cuba.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Children, Heart, Men

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• The promises of Fidel Castro's so-called revolution of pluralism and democracy, were and continue to be a false promise and a betrayal of all basic human rights.

  Andy Garcia

  Betrayal, Rights, Promise

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• The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.

  Andy Garcia

  Religious, Lgbt Community, Political

  "Cuban-American celebrities offer messages of hope following death of Fidel Castro". www.foxnews.com. November 27, 2016.

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• Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.

  Andy Garcia

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• Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights.

  Donald Trump

  Rights, Squad, Suffering

  "Trump and Obama offer divergent responses to death of Fidel Castro" by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2016.

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• The Cuban economy is a disaster. No, I do not praise Fidel Castro.

  Bernie Sanders

  Praise, Economy, Cuban

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Fidel Castro is one of the most inspiring leaders of the 20th century.

  Tom Gjelten

  Leader, Most Inspiring, Century

  "Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies At Age 90". Interview with Scott Simon, kaxe.org. November 26, 2016.

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• Fidel Castro was loved and hated passionately.

  Tom Gjelten

  Hated

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Many who later lost faith in Fidel Castro can remember how they once admired the man who needed just a dozen men to launch the Cuban revolution.

  Tom Gjelten

  Men, Revolution, Dozen

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Historians debate to this day whether Fidel Castro was a communist from the time he took power or only became one after he was spurned by the United States. What is not disputed is that he was always an autocrat moving ruthlessly against anyone who dared oppose him.

  Tom Gjelten

  Moving, United States, Debate

  "Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies At Age 90" by Tom Gjelten, kenw.org. November 25, 2016.

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• As Cuba's leader, Castro answered to no one and allowed no challenge to his authority.

  Tom Gjelten

  Leader, Challenges, Cuba

  "Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies At Age 90" by Tom Gjelten, kaxe.org. November 26, 2016.

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• Fidel Castro was a born rebel.

  Tom Gjelten

  Rebel, Born

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Fidel Castro was not interested in personal enrichment. His supporters say he deployed his enormous authority on behalf of health, education and welfare programs that brought Cuba attention around the world.

  Tom Gjelten

  Welfare Programs, Health Education, Around The World

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The collapse of the Soviet bloc ended the massive subsidies that had kept the Cuban economy afloat. The once-vaunted education and health care systems fell into disrepair. Fidel Castro's stubbornness, meanwhile, made political and economic change difficult in Cuba.

  Tom Gjelten

  Political, Subsidies, Care

  Source: www.npr.org

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• As his country crumbled around him, Fidel Castro's stature diminished abroad and at home.

  Tom Gjelten

  Country, Home, Stature

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Fidel Castro outlasted U.S. presidents determined to overthrow him, survived the collapse of the communist bloc that sustained him and outlived many of those who wanted to replace him. For those reasons, he will go down in history as among the world's most skillful politicians, even if his achievements largely die with him.

  Tom Gjelten

  Achievement, President, World

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The death of Fidel Castro, of course, is not as significant when you first look at it, because Raul Castro, his brother, has been in power for years. But, in fact, he's been a looming figure even during his illness that I think has made a difference in holding us back in trying to open up more negotiations and move ahead with opening up relations between America and Cuba.

  Amy Klobuchar

  Brother, Moving, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• What's happening in Cuba is not a failure of the Cuban people. It's a failure of Fidel Castro and the Communists.

  Ronald Reagan

  People, Cuba, Communist

  "Cuban-Americans Mark The Passing Of Fidel Castro". "The Daily" with Steve Inskeep, nhpr.org. November 28, 2016.

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• When Fidel Castro is gone, there will be hope for Cuba. There will be opportunity for Cuba.

  Carlos Curbelo

  Opportunity, Cuba, Gone

  "Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo Weighs In On Future Of U.S.-Cuba Relations". Interview with Ari Shapiro, wksu.org. November 29, 2016.

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• The theoretician of the Marxist revolution in Cuba certainly wasn't Castro. It was Don Carlos Rafaelo Rodriguez. He was the theoretician and very often people say he will take over. But I don't believe it. I think that it's a very good combination - the Catholic man working together with a man like that who has everything pretty well planned.

  Dorothy Day

  Believe, Men, Thinking

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• Castro wasn't a Marxist. He was a Catholic educated by the Christian Brothers and the Jesuits. But fundamentally, I'm not talking about practising Catholics, but rather about something which is inbred; that is, a part of your country, your heritage, your life.

  Dorothy Day

  Christian, Country, Brother

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• I believe that Brother Fidel Castro is one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of the struggle of human beings to attain their human rights.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Brother, Struggle, Believe

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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