Fidel Castro Quotes
I've always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.
Betto, Frei. Fidel and Religion: Castro Talks on Revolution and Religion with Frei Betto. Simon & Schuster, 1987.
There is a school of thought that since Jesus Christ preached care for the poor and have-nots that he was a socialist. Others believe that this is simply a commonality between some of the teachings of Christ and some aspects of socialism. The irony is that Chavez’s brand of socialism and polarization of society was in very large part contrary to Christ’s teachings, though there have been few governments that had ever met Christ’s standards of morality including and especially Christian, church-dominated government’s and theocracies.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz better known internationally as Fidel Castro, was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.