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There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.

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Fidel Castro
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: August 13
Died: 2016
Died: November 25
Former Prime Minister Of Cuba
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
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There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.
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Ideas do not need weapons.
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You Americans keep saying that Cuba is ninety miles from the United States. I say that the United States is ninety miles from Cuba and for us, that is worse.
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I am not a follower of Moscow, but its victim.
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I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not people driven by a wish to be in the government since [it] is for us the least attractive work, even though we are politicians.
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All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.
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The Jews have lived an existence that is much harder than ours. There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.
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