Che Guevara

Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader Argentine-Cuban 1928 – 1967

Guerrilla revolutionary and icon of leftist movements worldwide.

423 quotes

"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love."
Love
"Silence is argument carried out by other means."
Politics
"We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it."
Courage
"The basic thing has been to survive, to endure, and to reach this moment."
Perseverance
"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves."
Freedom
"Above all, be capable always of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone."
Justice
"Work is the condemnation of those who have not yet reached a state of supreme bliss."
Work
"The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love."
Motivation
"Every human being is worth a certain amount of consideration."
Kindness
"Happiness exists when you stop complaining about yesterday and stop worrying about tomorrow."
Happiness
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
War
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent oneself from being drawn into ridiculous situations."
Philosophy
"The walls of the barracks have taught us more than Marx ever could."
Education
"Ideas are more important than people."
Wisdom
"The revolution cannot be made by individuals, but by the people themselves."
Change
"We are willing to die for the cause that we believe in."
Faith
"A revolutionary must have a clear mind and a strong will."
Leadership
"Do not shoot! I am Che Guevara and my life is worth more to you alive than dead."
Death
"The guerrilla fighter must always think of his rifle as his best friend."
War
"Economic independence is the basis of political independence."
Politics
"I have lived as a free man. The only thing that worries me is death."
Freedom
"One must be just before being generous."
Justice
"I am not Christ or a philanthropist, but a revolutionary."
Inspiration
"Man is the product of conditions, not conditions the product of man."
Philosophy
"A true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love for their people."
Relationships
"To die under the flag of your country is to live eternally in the hearts of your people."
Death
"The first duty of a revolutionary is to learn how to think."
Knowledge
"Those that today become cold statistics will tomorrow be men again."
Truth
"We have to transform ourselves into effective, pure instruments of change."
Change
"At the risk of sounding strange, a revolutionary should think in terms of time in relation to his work."
Time