“Let me tell you a story: Once there was a republic. It had its constitution, its laws, its freedoms, a president, a congress and courts of law. Everyone could assemble, associate, speak and write with complete freedom.”

—  Fidel Castro

ibid., p. 89-901
History Will Absolve Me (October 16th, 1953)

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