Thomas Sankara

"You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness."

"Freedom only comes to those who demand it."

"The revolution and women's liberation go together; you cannot separate them."

"Colonialism was not satisfied merely to impose its rule upon the present; it sought to devalue the past."

"Hunger is the weapon of poverty."

"We must dare to invent the future."

"A man is not an island; he is a part of the continent, a part of his village."

"Bread, clothing, and shelter are met with guns."

"The upright and honest man does not fear the enquiries of any committee."

"Our people must be made aware of the enormous possibilities available to them."

"We must fight so that the fruits of the earth belong to all."

"Only water and soap can cure stupidity."

"If colonialism is gone, imperialism remains."

"The person who is not able to imagine tomorrow is not able to build it."

"Integrity brings no profit."

"Organize the people to take their destiny into their own hands."

"We must dare to invent the future."

"Decolonization is the veritable creation of new men."

"The master cannot teach freedom to the slave. The slave has to liberate himself."

"I prefer to die standing than to live on my knees."

"Literature must become a weapon in our hands."

"Educate the youth and you will not need to punish the men."

"Our struggle is against imperialism and the elements of nature."

"Revolution without culture is like a tree without roots."

"We cannot live in isolation; we are interdependent."

"The people are not an empty vessel into which good words are poured."

"Men fear sorcery; yet all magic is but science not yet understood."

"Economic independence is the foundation of political independence."

"Land is our mother. If we sell the land, we sell our mother."

"Slavery did not die; it simply changed forms."