I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
Interpretation
Having faith and a plan can lead to significant change, regardless of the size of your team.
This quote by Fidel Castro emphasizes the power of belief and strategic planning in achieving revolutionary goals. It suggests that the number of resources or people may be less important than the conviction behind the mission, highlighting that great achievements can stem from modest beginnings, provided there is a strong commitment to the cause.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech at a leadership conference.
The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.
We do not need the empire to give us anything.
The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.
No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!
No political event can be judged outside of the era and the circumstances in which it took place.
...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.
A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference nor does he try to make a victory of it.
I wish I had the courage not to fight and doubt everything... I wish, just once, I could say, 'This. This is good enough. Just because I choose it.
So many athletes are afraid to use their platform to do the right thing and speak what they feel, and that's very depressing. Sure, they are afraid of insulting people and losing money because of it, and everyone wants to make the maximum amount of money in their lifetime. But at the expense of who you are? I don't know. That just wasn't in my DNA.
I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.
As Aboriginal people we have always retained our resilience, our humour and our cultural integrity - we will always retain our dreams and a vision for the future for our people.
The six of us gathered at my house, and we walked to the polls. I'll never forget it. Not a Negro was on the streets, and when we got to the courthouse, the clerk said he wanted to talk with us. When we got into his office, some 15 or 20 armed white men surged in behind us - men I had grown up with, had played with.
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