Frantz Fanon

Psychiatrist, Revolutionary Theorist Martinican-Algerian 1925 – 1961

Analyzed colonialism and psychological effects of oppression.

379 quotes

"Humanism must cease to be limited and petty."
Philosophy
"The authentic national bourgeoisie that is all such a mouthful."
Politics
"The struggle will show if flesh and blood make sense."
Perseverance
"Collective auto-determination is best."
Freedom
"The discovery of the existential man is a continuous process."
Change
"New humanity cannot be said to be fully engaged."
Inspiration
"Indigenous culture must be researched and restored."
Education
"The violence which has ruled over the ordering of the colonial world."
War
"We must commit ourselves to this creative and enriching experience."
Creativity
"Europe has taken over the whole world."
History
"The bourgeoisie spirit is not a good thing."
Politics
"Human conscience demands this."
Truth
"We are not alone in the world."
Hope
"Freedom is the only thing that matters."
Freedom
"Passivity is death."
Motivation
"The national bourgeoisie should not be allowed to own the public wealth."
Justice
"Spontaneous action will mature."
Change
"To injure your opponent is to manifest a new humanity."
War
"The colonial regime owes its legitimacy to force alone."
Politics
"The land is not made to order for the bourgeoisie."
Nature
"Dependence is the normal situation."
Politics
"Suffering does not automatically lead to understanding."
Wisdom
"The body of history does not determine history."
Philosophy
"We are not fighting to restore a past."
Hope
"The settler's work is making even dreams of liberation impossible."
"Decolonization is always a violent phenomenon."
Change
"This is the moment of unstoppable change."
Inspiration
"The zone of being is thoroughly hostile to persons of color."
Justice
"Medicine does not belong to the privileged."
Health
"The intellectual is an agent of change."
Leadership