"...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing."

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Source: Fidel Castro's speech at the Conference on Foreign Debt in Latin America and the Caribbean, August 3, 1985.

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Fidel Castro

Politician, Revolutionary

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary leader known for his role in the Cuban Revolution and his establishment of a socialist state.

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