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
military ungrateful youth
Youth must refrain from ungrateful questioning of governmental mandates. Instead they must dedicate themselves to study, work and military service. The very spirit of rebellion is reprehensible.
country long definitions
As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.
victory battle fundamentals
The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.
wise practice may
We must not return to the practice of hiding our defects so they may not be seen. That would be neither honest nor revolutionary.
lying men self
The myth of the self-made man, has to be profoundly hypocritical: it is the self-serving demonstration that a lie is the truth
simple games weapons
It is not just a simple game, it is a weapon of the revolution.
army ruins revolution
It is a revolution that came to power with its own army and on the ruins of the army of oppression.
baths purity habit
The negro has maintained his racial purity by his well known habit of avoiding baths
world nostalgia feels
How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?
sacrifice desire purpose
The desire to sacrifice an entire lifetime to the noblest of ideals serves no purpose if one works alone.
brother fighting order
Why does the guerrilla fighter fight? We must come to the inevitable conclusion that the guerrilla fighter is a social reformer, that he takes up arms responding to the angry protest of the people against their oppressors, and that he fights in order to change the social system that keeps all his unarmed brothers in ignominy and misery.
ku-klux-klan democracy oligarchy
Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy, with discrimination against Blacks and outrages by the Ku Klux Klan.
race america black
The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing, have seen their patch invaded by a different kind of slave: The Portuguese. the black is indolent and fanciful, he spends his money on frivolity and drink; the European comes from a tradition of working and saving which follows him to this corner of America and drives him to get ahead.
struggle sacrifice views
...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a clenched fist and a tense jaw, the epitome of hatred and struggle, because you are not a symbol (some inanimate example) but a genuine member of the society to be destroyed; the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and motivates your actions. You are as useful as I am, but you are not aware of how useful your contribution is to the society that sacrifices you.