Che Guevara

"We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it."

"One does not attack the concept of mercantilism without attacking the capitalist system itself."

"How is it possible to think of an artist or a philosopher unconcerned with the problem of good and evil?"

"The Sierra Maestra will be the grave of the American soldiers."

"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love."

"We have to work for a world of tomorrow, but we cannot let it be our excuse for inaction today."

"The campesino, with machete in hand, begins to understand that only his labor can transform the hostile nature."

"Every day a little death deals with us to remind us we are in danger."

"Intellectual workers should always have introduced into their realities a quality of freshness and discovery."

"The imperialist powers speak of humanity but what they mean is to take advantage of the resources of other peoples."

"National liberation movements must be based on the armed struggle of the people."

"One's duty is to be a revolutionary; to fight for your country's independence."

"The road is long and perhaps you will not see the fruits of your efforts for years to come."

"To die for your ideas is to place a very high price on your convictions."

"We cannot imagine a future without the complete abolition of classes."

"The only legitimate revolutionary is one who will give his own life without hesitation."

"A system dies when it has lost the support of those whom it must convince."

"There is no greater responsibility than to be true to your ideals."

"The proper study of mankind is books; the proper study of revolution is the past struggles of peoples."

"Youth must bring about the transformation of ideas."

"One must possess inexhaustible patience to awaken the consciousness of a people."

"The most sacred duty of the intellectual is to tell the truth."

"We must believe in the nobility of man and believe it firmly."

"Anyone who is incapable of learning has lost the ability to grow."

"The greatest hoax is to think that a person can achieve happiness without contributing to the happiness of others."

"Let me say, at the risk of seeming strange, that the true revolutionary must feel a profound love for their people."

"The walls that divide us are high and the night is dark, but we carry the dawn inside ourselves."

"Fear is the greatest enemy of progress and understanding."

"To be a revolutionary is not a profession, it is a way of life."

"The wealthy and the dispossessed cannot share the same world."