Che Guevara
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Sayings by Che Guevara
The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.
One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.
One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
Be realistic, demand the impossible!
Be realistic, demand the impossible!
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.
Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?
Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel!
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel!
I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.
The Negro is indolent and lazy and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent.
In times of excessive tension we cannot proceed weakly. At the Sierra Maestra, we executed many people by firing squad without knowing if they were fully guilty. At times, the Revolution cannot stop to conduct much investigation; it has the obligation to triumph.
In times of excessive tension we cannot proceed weakly. At the Sierra Maestra, we executed many people by firing squad without knowing if they were fully guilty. At times, the Revolution cannot stop to conduct much investigation; it has the obligation to triumph.
We must eliminate all newspapers; we cannot make a revolution with free press. Newspapers are instruments of the oligarchy.
We must eliminate all newspapers; we cannot make a revolution with free press. Newspapers are instruments of the oligarchy.
It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.
It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.
Given the prevailing lack of discipline, it would have been impossible to use Congolese machine-gunners to defend the base from air attack: they did not know how to handle their weapons and did not want to learn.