American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.
Noam ChomskyFreedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.
Herbert HooverI have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Thomas JeffersonI am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen to resist the law because of religious reasons.
Billy GrahamOur position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.
Fidel CastroThe revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.
Fidel CastroIn the late Fifties and early Sixties, opposition to state terror and aggression and torture and so on was zero. That was a horrible time: the massive Kennedy terror operation against Cuba, the first attacks on Vietnam in 1962, the imposition of national security states in South America.
Noam ChomskyI venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
Edmund BurkeFrom behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.
Dwight D. EisenhowerI suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
Douglas MacArthurSignificant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated – Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example.
Noam ChomskyThe trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Terry PratchettFor 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.
George H. W. BushSolidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.
Christopher HitchensThe spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Thomas JeffersonRadical Islamist extremists surely hope that an attack on Iraq will kill many people and destroy much of the country, providing recruits for terrorist actions.
Noam ChomskyYesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. We will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe lies of the empire and the treason of the quislings shall be defeated.
Fidel CastroLittle children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.
George EliotThe walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.
Huey NewtonResistance is usually ascribed to bodies at rest, and impulse to those in motion, but motion and rest, as commonly conceived, are only relatively distinguished; nor are those bodies always truly at rest, which commonly are taken to be so.
Isaac NewtonResistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.
Noam ChomskyWhen the Revolution triumphed in 1959, our island was a true Yankee colony. The United States had duped and disarmed our Liberation Army. One couldn’t speak of developed agriculture, but of immense plantations exploited on the base of manual and animal labour that in general used neither fertilizers nor machinery.
Fidel CastroFifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That’s why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.
Barack ObamaThe Soviet Union, the socialist camp, the People’s Republic of China, and North Korea helped us resist, with essential supplies and weapons, the implacable blockade of the United States, the most powerful empire ever to exist.
Fidel CastroFreedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
George W. BushNobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
George S. PattonThe Indians on board said that thence to Cuba was a voyage in their canoes of a day and a half; these being small dug-outs without a sail. Such are their canoes. I departed thence for Cuba, for by the signs the Indians made of its greatness, and of its gold and pearls, I thought that it must be Cipango.
Christopher ColumbusRegimes planted by bayonets do not take root.
Ronald ReaganI was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States‘ response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been.
Alice WalkerI never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
George Bernard ShawAt fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
Maya AngelouBut more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.
BonoThe power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
James BaldwinI’d always tried to resist playing the supervirility thing. I liked showing the vulnerability of age.
Clint EastwoodIt is unnecessary to say that Fidel Castro possesses the high qualities of a fighter and statesman: our path, our struggle, and our triumph we owed to his vision.
Che GuevaraWe gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
Ralph Waldo EmersonCuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
Fidel CastroI had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.
J. ColeYou may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.
John RuskinEvery man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
Samuel JohnsonIsrael will not tolerate Iran developing nuclear power, even if Iran claims it is for peaceful purposes. If there is an attack, oil prices will go through the roof.
Robert KiyosakiI was born in a territory called Biran, in the eastern region of Cuba. It’s known by that name, although it has never appeared on a map.
Fidel CastroAs a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the Government in violence, and the resort to violence, which will surely fail, will simply frighten and alienate some who can be reached, and will further encourage the ideologists and administrators of forceful repression.
Noam ChomskyChavez, who came out of the ranks of the Venezuelan Army, is methodical and tireless. I have observed him over the course of 17 years, since his first visit to Cuba. He is an extremely humanitarian and law-abiding person; he has never taken revenge on anybody.
Fidel CastroAs soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
ChanakyaThe great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy’s aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Winston ChurchillOf course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.
Barack ObamaWhen I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn’t a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn’t be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge. It wasn’t realistic until Jimmy Carter became our president.
Ruth Bader GinsburgNothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
Lao TzuA very large majority of the U.S. population is in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and has been for a long time with some fluctuations. And even part of the business world is in favor of it, too. But the government won’t allow it.
Noam ChomskyMany things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.
Fidel CastroI was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba – Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
Lana Del ReyExperience acquired in the heroic battle against Batista’s tyranny showed that the enemy, no matter what his strength, could not defeat the Cuban people.
Fidel CastroIf we are to be happy, we must first react against our tendency to follow the line of least resistance, a tendency that causes us either to remain as we are, or to look primarily to activities external to ourselves for what will provide new impetus to our lives.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinI wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba – ‚Lana Del Rey‘ reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
Lana Del ReyResistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.
Carl JungThe last time I visited Qaddafi was in May of 2001, 15 years after Reagan attacked his rather modest residence where he took me to show me how it had been left.
Fidel CastroNever have we stolen the intelligences of other peoples. On the contrary, in Cuba we have trained tens of thousands of doctors and other top-level professionals, for free, in order to send them back to their own countries.
Fidel CastroReputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.
Robert Greene