Raul Castro Quotes

#1. In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics.

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#2. No country is 100 percent free of human rights abuses.

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#3. Only the Communist Party, as the institution that brings together the revolutionary vanguard and will always guarantee the unity of Cubans, can be the worthy heir of the trust deposited by the people in their leader.

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#4. We know next to nothing about the relationship between Chavez and Raul Castro. One thing, though, is certain. The Cuban military and political elite do not regard Chavez as a logical successor to Fidel Castro in Latin America.

Mark Falcoff

#5. In Cuba there are no drugs nor will there be.

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#6. I hope Mr. Obama has success.

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#7. Most people who know Cuba think Raul [Castro] would like to make more changes but has not done so yet because his brother, who is ideologically opposed to them, is still alive. What he will do when Fidel dies remains to be seen.

Mark Falcoff

#8. As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

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#9. My dream is to drop three atomic bombs on New York City.

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#10. I never liked the idea of giving interviews. One says many things, but when they are published, they become shortened, condensed. The ideas lose their meaning.

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#11. New York's the lonesomest place in the world if you don't know anybody.

Nella Larsen

#12. President Obama and his family are spending the holidays in Hawaii, and while they're gone, they got a fence jumper to house sit. Tomorrow, he will be in Hawaii playing golf with Raul Castro and the Pope.

David Letterman

#13. I read all the speeches of the pope, his commentaries, and if the pope continues this way, I will go back to praying and go back to the church, and I'm not joking,

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#14. [Raul Castro] is one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met.

Emanuel Cleaver

#15. There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro.

Elliott Abrams

#16. I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.

Mal Peet

#17. The notion that Cuba is the only country in the world where you can live without working must be erased forever.

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#18. Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

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#19. This is a tough, tough life when things aren't going your way.

Chauncey Billups

#20. In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class.

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#21. What else is there to do?

William Golding

#22. Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder.

Grant Hill

#23. I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it.

Raul Castro