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Quotes about Castro

• Fidel is a man of tremendous personal magnetism, destined to assume the role of leader in any movement in which he takes part. He has all the characteristics typical of a great leader: audacity, force, the desire to keep his ear attuned to the will of the people. But he has other important qualities: the capacity to absorb knowledge and experience, a grasp of the overall picture in a given situation, boundless faith in the future.
  • Che Guevara in 1961, as quoted in Marxism in Latin America (1968) by Luis Aguilar, p. 173

• He had it all in his hands, without having to turn it all over to any power, and then he goes and turns himself over to the worst of powers, the Russians.
  • Juanita Castro, as quoted in "Fidel Castro’s Sister, an Outspoken Critic, Takes No Joy in His Death", The New York Times (November 28, 2016)

• This man more than superseded my every expectation I had...if you live with a man under duress (this is before the victory…) he is I think…he will rank in history with some of the greats.
  • Errol Flynn, in an interview on the Canadian TV program Front Page (1959)

• The most honest, courageous politician I have ever met.
  • Jesse Jackson, during a 1984 visit to Havana, as quoted at the Latin American Network Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin

• I wanted to meet you for many reasons, above all, because you are a very brave man.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru, during a 1960 visit to New York, as quoted at the This Day That Age dated September 29, 1960 Nehru meets Castro