Fidel Castro (1926-2016) Memorial List

Here are twelve quotes from Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader for over 50 years, who died on November 25, 2016 at the age of 90.

Because Castro led a Communist country, and that country was only ninety miles away from the United States, Castro's Cuba was at one time a dire enemy of the United States, resulting in frightening standoffs like the Cuban Missle Crisis, when both countries were at the brink of nuclear war. In recent years, with the collapse of the global Communist threat, tensions between the U.S. and Cuba have eased, with the ban on travel to and the import of goods from Cuba slowly being lifted.
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  1. aspire
    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
    I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.
  2. repugnant
    offensive to the mind
    I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
  3. revenue
    the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
    The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.
  4. intervention
    policy of getting involved in the affairs of other countries
    No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!
  5. dialectical
    relating to reasoning by the exchange of logical arguments
    Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.
    "Dialectical Materialism" is the view of history put forth by Karl Marx and adopted by the communist viewpoint. Dialectical Materialism views history as a series of conflicts and contradictions between forces like social classes or political groups caused by the material needs of the individual groups that Interfere with one another. Examining how these conflicts were resolved tells the story of history, and examining how they might have been resolved provides a lesson to learn for the future.
  6. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
    With what morality can the [US] leaders talk of human rights in a country where there are millionaires and beggars, where blacks face discrimination, women are prostituted, and great masses of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans and Latin Americans are deprecated, exploited and humiliated?
  7. endure
    undergo or be subjected to
    Russia and China know the world’s problems much better than the US because they were obliged to endure the terrible wars imposed on them by fascism’s blind egoism. I have no doubt that they, given their historical traditions and revolutionary experience, will make the greatest effort to avoid war and contribute to the peaceful development of Venezuela, Latin America, Asia and Africa
  8. fascism
    a political theory advocating an authoritarian government
    Russia and China know the world’s problems much better than the US because they were obliged to endure the terrible wars imposed on them by fascism’s blind egoism. I have no doubt that they, given their historical traditions and revolutionary experience, will make the greatest effort to avoid war and contribute to the peaceful development of Venezuela, Latin America, Asia and Africa
  9. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
    I am nearing 90. I will soon pass away like everyone else. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of Cuban communists are an evidence that, in case if we work with pathos and dignity, we can produce material and cultural values people need.
  10. envisage
    form a mental image of something that is not present
    I am not interested in power nor do I envisage assuming it at any time. All that I will do is to make sure that the sacrifices of so many compatriots should not be in vain, whatever the future may hold in store for me.
  11. compatriot
    a person from your own country
    I am not interested in power nor do I envisage assuming it at any time. All that I will do is to make sure that the sacrifices of so many compatriots should not be in vain, whatever the future may hold in store for me.
  12. deteriorate
    become worse or disintegrate
    I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
Created on Sat Nov 26 08:31:33 EST 2016 (updated Sat Nov 26 11:29:08 EST 2016)

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