„The victory of the Cuban Revolution will be a tangible demonstration before all the Americas that peoples are capable of rising up, that they can rise up by themselves right under the very fangs of the monster.“

— Ernesto Che Guevara

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„I do not expect the changes I am announcing today to bring about a transformation of Cuban society overnight. But I am convinced that through a policy of engagement, we can more effectively stand up for our values and help the Cuban people help themselves as they move into the 21st century.“
— Barack Obama
„When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.“
— Jr.
„An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. And this is one of the big problems of life, that so many people never quite get to the point of rising above self. And so they end up the tragic victims of self-centeredness. They end up the victims of distorted and disrupted personality.“
— Jr.
„But I believe those human rights are universal. I believe they are the rights of the American people, the Cuban people, and people around the world.“
— Barack Obama
„People who cling to their illusions find it difficult, if not impossible, to learn anything worth learning: a people under the necessity of creating themselves must examine everything, and soak up learning the way the roots of a tree soak up water.“
— James Baldwin
„In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing to do with IQ.“
— Camille Paglia
„The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.“
— Robert Frost