Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth14 June 1928
CitySanta Fe, Argentina
real revolutionary surface
Real revolutionaries adorn themselves on the inside, not on the surface.
nature beast imperialism
...because it is the very nature of Imperialism to turn humans into beasts.
leader anarchy dictator
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.
years four sometimes
Americans are given the sole option of electing their jailer for four years and sometimes do him the honour of re-electing him.
powerful justice suits
Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.
hands umpires political
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.
revolution newspapers accomplished
We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.
doors color people
The university should color itself black and color itself mulatto—not just as regards students but also professors Today the people stand at the door of the university, and it is the university that must be flexible. It must color itself black, mulatto, worker, peasant, or else be left without doors. And then the people will tear it apart and paint it with the colors they see fit.
mean journey thinking
The first commandment for every good explorer is that an expedition has two points: the point of departure and the point of arrival. If your intention is to make the second theoretical point coincide with the actual point of arrival, don't think about the means -- because the journey is a virtual space that finishes when it finishes, and there are as many means as there are different ways of 'finishing.' That is to say, the means are endless.
mistake elements enthusiasm
The state sometimes makes mistakes. When one of these mistakes occurs, a decline in collective enthusiasm is reflected by a resulting quantitative decrease of the contribution of each individual, each of the elements forming the whole of the masses. Work is so paralysed that insignificant quantities are produced. It is time to make a correction.
land two entering
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.
government enough shots
If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot.
We travel just to travel.
country humble errors
We should not go to the [poor countries] and say: 'We come to ... teach you our science, to show you your errors.' ... We should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn [from] these people.