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Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy, with discrimination against Blacks and outrages by the Ku Klux Klan. (Che Guevara)
Far more important than a good remuneration is the pride of serving one's neighbor. View quote
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Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante. Once more, I'm on the road with my shield on my arm. View quote
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Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the people's unity against the great enemy of mankind: the United States of America. View quote
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Don't delay these trials. This is a revolution, the proofs are secondary. We have to proceed by conviction. They are a gang of criminals and murderers. Besides, remember that there is an Appeals Tribunals. View quote
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A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive. View quote
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Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. View quote
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The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand their unrestricted right to self-determination. View quote
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We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force. View quote
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In a revolution one wins or dies, if it is a real one. View quote
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What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier? Each moment seems split in two: melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement of entering a new land. (Che Guevara)
If it is an element of liberation for Latin America, I believe that it should have demonstrated that. Until now, I have not been aware of any such demonstration. The IMF performs an entirely different function: precisely that of ensuring that capital based outside of Latin America controls all of Latin America. View quote
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Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms. View quote
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While envisaging the destruction of imperialism, it is necessary to identify its head, which is no other than the United States of America. View quote
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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. View quote
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I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees. View quote
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At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality. View quote
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For us there is no valid definition of socialism other than the abolition of the exploitation of one human being by another. View quote
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There are no borders in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, because a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory, just as any country's defeat is a defeat for all of us. View quote
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The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day. View quote
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If they attack, we shall fight to the end. If the rockets had remained, we would have used them all and directed them against the very heart of the United States, including New York, in our defense against aggression. But we haven't got them, so we shall fight with what we've got. (Che Guevara)
Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers. View quote
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We should not allow the word "democracy" to be utilized apologetically to represent the dictatorship of the exploiting classes. View quote
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The victory of the Cuban Revolution will be a tangible demonstration before all the Americas that peoples are capable of rising up, that they can rise up by themselves right under the very fangs of the monster. View quote
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The university, vanguard of our struggling people, cannot become a backward element, but it would become so if the university did not incorporate itself into the great plans of the Revolution. View quote
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