Che Guevara Quotes - Page 2

One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.

A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.

It's not my fault if reality is Marxist

Let's be realistic. Let's do the impossible!

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.

The ***** is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent.

It is an illusion to think that the matter can be resolved through words.

Everyday you have to fight so that love for humanity can be transformed into concrete deeds, into acts that set an example, that mobilize.

And then many things became very clear... we learned perfectly that the life of a single human being is worth millions of times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.

Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy.

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.

Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the murderers of blacks remain free, protecting them, and furthermore punishing the black population because they demand their legitimate rights as free men - how can those who do this consider themselves guardians of freedom?

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man.

Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world.

My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered enemy that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!

Words that do not match deeds are not important.

Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world.

How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?

We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment: a total war. It is necessary to prevent him from having a moment of peace, a quiet moment outside his barracks or even inside; we must attack him wherever he may be, make him feel like a cornered beast wherever he may move. Then his moral fiber shall begin to decline, but we shall notice how the signs of decadence begin to disappear.

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands its dynamic, predicts the future, but in addition to predicting it (which would satisfy his scientific obligation), he expresses a revolutionary concept: the world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.

We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity.