Che Guevara
10 quotes
“Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel! As quoted in An American Savage (2003) by J. Flash (Jeff Flashinski), p. 144”
“Words that do not match deeds are unimportant. As quoted in Seeds of Revolution: A Collection of Axioms, Passages and Proverbs, Volume 1 (2009) by Iam A. Freeman”
“Silence is argument carried out by other means. As quoted in Secrets to a Richer Life: Illuminating Wisdom from the Human Family on the 12 Ultimate Questions (2005) by Earl Ernest Guile”
“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall. Intercontinental Press (Vol. 3 January”
“I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. It exists when people liberate themselves. Statement in Mexico (1958); as quoted in Kaplan AP World History 2005 (2004) edited by the Kaplan staff, p. 240”
“We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it. As quoted in Wise Guys : Brilliant Thoughts and Big Talk from Real Men (2005) by Allan Zullo, p. 36”
“Real revolutionaries adorn themselves on the inside, not on the surface. As quoted in Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (2010) by John Lee Anderson, p. 178”
“In order to know about the illnesses of society , you have to know what men are suffering from, how they suffer. As quoted in Testimonies About Che (2006) by Marta Rojas, p. 85”
“I don't think you and I are very closely related, however, if you are capable of trembling with indignation each time that an injustice is committed anywhere in the world, we are comrades , and that is more important. Letter to María Rosario Guevara, 20 February 1964. Quoted in Guerrillas in Power: The Course of the Cuban Revolution (1971) by K. S. Karol”
“I knew that the moment the great governing spirit strikes the blow to divide all humanity into just two opposing factions, I would be on the side of the common people. As quoted in Becoming Che : Guevara's Second and Final Trip through Latin America (2005) by Carlos "Calica" Ferrer, as translated by Sarah L. Smith (2006), p. 170”