We are Cubans and have one great aim in view, one glorious object to obtain-the freedom of our country and liberty. It is of more importance to us than glory, public applause, or anything else. Everything else will follow in time. I have never believed in our advised a sanguinary revolution, but it must be a radical one. There is nothing so bad, so dishonorable, so inexcusable, in the eyes of the world as failure.
Victory is within our reach.
To hesitate, to delay it, to endanger it now, would be stupid, would be cowardly, would be criminal. To do otherwise would be not to love one's country. I have never felt more confident than at the present moment. You can rest assured that Cuba will soon achieve her absolute independence.