Che - A Memoir by Fidel Castro

1) On worries of economic colonism and dependence to the States:

"if we stay on this road, we will be increasingly poor, weak, dependent , and enslaved to imperialism. this gloomy perspective also confronts, to an equal degree, all the underdeveloped nations in Africa and Asia. if the industrialised and educated nations of Europe, with their Common Market and supranational scientific instituions, are worried about the possibility of being left behind and contemplate with fear the perspective of being converted into economic colonies of Yankee imperialism - what does the future have in store for the peoples in Latin America?

2) on the people:

"but no one really has an honest answer or a consistent policy that will bring genuine hope to the nearly 300 million human beings who make up the population of Latin America. devastatingly poor in their overwhelming majority, ... they have the right to the material things in life, to culture, and to civilisation. so the most dignified thing would be to remain silent in the face of the actions of Che and those who fell with him, courageously defending their ideas." (94)

3) On Che's many virtues -

"He never kept a Sunday to himself." (108) -reference to Che's voluntary works.

4) random quotes:

"Hasta la victoria siempre! (ever onward to victory!)"

"people may contribute to the making of history, but history also makes people."

It would be a sign of ignorance to believe there is only one way of doing things.." (150)

"work doesnt harm your health, work promotes health, work safeguards health, and work created humanity" (155)

Che - A Memoir by Fidel Castro