No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!
Interpretation
Fidel Castro emphasizes the authenticity and seriousness of the revolution, rejecting any negative influences.
In this quote, Fidel Castro asserts the integrity of a revolutionary movement by asserting that it is free from external betrayal, criminality, or manipulation. He implies that this revolution is genuine and transformative, aimed at true change without the interference of those who would thwart its efforts.
In practice
This quote is inspirational for activists rallying for social justice.
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 political event can be judged outside of the era and the circumstances in which it took place.
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.
...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.
King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens.
It's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be.
She did not believe that things could remain the same in different places, and since the portion of her life that lay behind her had been bad, no doubt that which remained to be lived would be better.
My biggest fear is doing the same things 10 years from now. That would be a failure. It's something you have to constantly reassess, and asking yourself what you are going to do next makes it a good, long full journey.
'Hairspray' maybe did change people's minds, and that's how you get your political enemies to change their minds - by making them laugh and making them look at something in a way they haven't seen it. Not by preaching and cutting them off and being a separatist.
Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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