July 7, 2008 2:54PM 

# Quote of the Day 

By [Juan Carlos Hidalgo](https://www.cato.org/people/juan-carlos-hidalgo) 

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“In the last 50 years, those who did it \[put down their arms\] didn’t survive the peace.”

Fidel Castro, [urging](http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/internacional/58322.html) the FARC guerrillas to continue their armed struggle against the Colombian government. \[In Spanish\]

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