Quotes from Che Guevara

It is important to emphasize that guerrilla warfare is a war of the masses, a war of the people. The guerrilla band is an armed nucleus, the fighting vanguard of the people. It draws its great force from the mass of the people themselves.

I do not imply that in the U.S plants, industrial plants, are places of exploitation where man is oppressed. 1 know that there are a great number of advantages here for too American worker.

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

The ***** is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent.

...because it is the very nature of Imperialism to turn humans into beasts.

Peaceful coexistence cannot be limited to the powerful countries if we want to ensure world peace.

If we had to kneel in order to live in peace, [ U.S. government] will have to kill us before.

You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela.

When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.

If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot.

We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity.

It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

The best form of saying is doing.

Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.

Let the world change you and you can change the world

A new era will dawn in Africa, when the impoverished masses of a nation rise up to rescue their right to a decent life from the hands of the ruling oligarchies.

I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

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.

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.

It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate; one must accompany him to his death or to victory

We have to dedicate our efforts to better the life, the time passed by the worker in the industrial plant. That will be one of our main efforts during the next year.

I have a wish. It as a fear as well - that in my end will be my beginning.

Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.