Che Guevara

Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader Argentine-Cuban 1928 – 1967

Guerrilla revolutionary and icon of leftist movements worldwide.

423 quotes

"One person with conviction is worth a thousand with only interests."
Strength
"The people are capable of anything when they are awakened."
Inspiration
"No one can be truly happy while another suffers."
Happiness
"Beauty exists in struggle as much as in art."
Beauty
"We are the representatives of tomorrow."
Hope
"Technology means nothing without humanity."
Technology
"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall."
"I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am a revolutionary."
Politics
"A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate."
War
"The Sierra Maestra taught us that revolution is possible."
Change
"We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it."
Courage
"Silence is argument carried out by other means."
Truth
"The wall will crumble, it will disappear, and you will finally be free."
Freedom
"Passion is needed for any great work."
Motivation
"Every human being is worthy of respect and consideration."
Kindness
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
Justice
"The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to tell the truth."
Truth
"A revolutionary should be motivated by feelings of love."
Love
"I would rather die standing than live on my knees."
Courage
"Study, learn, and become a man of science."
Education
"We must do away with all newspapers. They are suffocating the people."
Politics
"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love."
Inspiration
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent one's friends from being assassinated."
Wisdom
"The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man."
Life
"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves."
Freedom
"To be a revolutionary is not a profession, it is a way of life."
Leadership
"Where there is a will, there is a revolutionary way."
Perseverance
"The capacity to love is fundamental to our being human."
Love
"I will always prefer to be a free man in my grave rather than a satisfied slave."
Freedom
"Work gives form to the vague desire for a better world."
Work