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INTERNASIONAL - Fidel Castro, uncontested, has become a very influential figure. He led Cuba for half a century.
The figure of Castro, who died at the age of 90 years on Friday (11.25.2016) can not be separated from the controversy over the authoritarian leadership style and is famous for a number of words.
Here are some statements Castro's most widely cited:
"Slams, my curse. That's not important. History will absolve me. "
"I started a revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I'll do it with 10 or 15 people with high confidence. It does not matter if a small number of people throughout their confidence and mature plan, "Castro said in 1953 as he defended himself in court on trial for his involvement in the attack on the Moncada military barracks.
"I do not think to shave my beard, because I'm used to my jenggota. Beard this means a lot for this country. When I memenhi promise to make government better, I'll shave it, "Castro said in an interview with CBS television in 1959, 30 days after the Cuban Revolution.
"I have concluded that the final sacrifice I have to do for the Cuban public health is to quit smoking. I'm not really miss him, "said Castro in 1985 when he announced to stop smoking cigars.
"One of the positive impact of the revolution was even CSW (commercial sex workers) Cuba is a college graduate," said Castro to director Oliver Stone in Comandate documentary film that was released in 2003.
"I am very happy I stepped on the age of 80. I never expected it. Moreover, there are neighbors (AS) the most powerful country in the world is trying to kill me every day, "said Castro in 2006 during a meeting of Latin American Heads of State in Argentina
"I do not wish and will not accept the position of President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
It would be a betrayal to my conscience to accept a position that requires dedication and physical strength that can not be me, "said Castro in February 2008 when he announced his resignation.
"Cuba is not a capitalist country that were hit by the crisis in which its leaders frantically searching for a solution in the midst of economic depression, inflation, and unemployment.
Cuba was and still should be a socialist country, "Castro wrote in a newspaper of Cuba in 2008.
