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“They would like to impose on us that era when the conscience did not exist, because only the [priest] confessor ruled,” he wrote, “when bright ideas were smothered before they could be born, and when terrified men went around mindlessly crossing themselves all day and wondered where their God was.”
― Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
― Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
“Show much guile and smiles to everyone. We will have time later on to trample underfoot all the cockroaches.”
― Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
― Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
“In the wake of the attack against him, Fulgencio Batista began demanding public demonstrations of loyalty from anyone who depended on government largesse or favors—public employees, landowners, pro-Batista union leaders, businessmen, and bankers. Workers who failed to take part in scheduled demonstrations could be fired. A succession of industrial leaders, fearful of alienating the regime, called on Batista to offer their sympathy and pledge their allegiance.”
― Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
― Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
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