“Revolutionary Wisdom: 100 Inspiring Quotes by Ernesto Che Guevara” is a compilation of thought-provoking and inspiring quotes from one of the most iconic figures in history. Ernesto Che Guevara, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary, guerrilla leader, and statesman, left a lasting impact on the world with his unwavering commitment to social justice and equality. This collection of quotes captures the essence of his revolutionary spirit, challenging readers to question the status quo and strive for a better world. Through his words, Guevara continues to inspire generations to fight for their beliefs and work towards a more just and equitable society.
Ernesto Che Guevara Quotes
‘“My tired eyes refused to sleep and in them a pair of green spots swirled, representing the world I had left for dead behind me and mocking the so-called liberation I sought. They harnessed their image to my extraordinary flight across the lands and seas of the world.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Its vast and jarring rhythm hammered at the fortress within me and threatened its imposing serenity.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“I doubted whether driftwood has the right to say, “I win,” when the tide throws it on to the beach it seeks.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The sea danced on the small stretch of beach, indifferent to its own eternal law and spawning its own note of caution.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Revolution is impersonal; it will take their lives, even utilizing their memory as an example or as an instrument for domesticating the youth who follow them.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“There we understood that our vocation, our true vocation, was to move for eternity along the roads and seas of the world. Always curious, looking into everything that came before our eyes, sniffing out each corner but only ever faintly – not setting down roots in any land or staying long enough to see the substratum of things; the outer limits would suffice.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The enormity of our endeavor escaped us in those moments, all we could see was the dust on the road ahead and ourselves on the bike, devouring kilometers in the flight northward.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Some give the impression they go on living only because it’s a habit they cannot shake.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The socialist countries have the moral duty of liquidating their tacit complicity with the exploiting countries of the West.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Imperialism has been defeated in many partial battles. But it remains a considerable force in the world, and we cannot expect its final defeat save through effort and sacrifice on the part of all of us.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“It is a revolution that came to power with its own army and on the ruins of the army of oppression.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory; just as any country’s defeat is a defeat for all of us.”’ -Che Guevara
‘”To accomplish much you must first lose everything.”‘ -Che Guevara
‘“I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ…”’ -Che Guevara
‘“War is always a struggle in which each contender tries to annihilate the other. Besides using force, they will have recourse to all possible tricks and stratagems to achieve the goal.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante. Once more, I’m on the road with my shield on my arm.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Perhaps one day tired of circling the world I’ll return to Argentina and settle in the Andean lakes if not indefinitely then at least for a pause while I shift from one understanding of the world to another.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.”’ -Che Guevara
‘The myth of the self-made man, has to be profoundly hypocritical: it is the self-serving demonstration that a lie is the truth.”’ -Che Guevara
‘”Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?”‘ -Che Guevara
‘“Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Revolution cleanses men, improving them as the experimental farmer corrects the defects of his plants.”’ -Che Guevara
‘Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“In fact, if Christ himself stood in my way, I, like Nietzsche, would not hesitate to squish him like a worm.”’ -Che Guevara
Che Guevara Quotes on Revolution
‘“I wanted to take part in the liberation of even a small piece of enslaved Latin America.”’ -Che Guevara
‘This is not a story of heroic feats, or merely the narrative of a cynic; at least I do not mean it to be. It is a glimpse of two lives running parallel for a time, with similar hopes and convergent dreams.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Youth must refrain from ungrateful questioning of governmental mandates. Instead they must dedicate themselves to study, work and military service. The very spirit of rebellion is reprehensible.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Real revolutionaries adorn themselves on the inside, not on the surface.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand their unrestricted right to self-determination.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Peaceful coexistence cannot be limited to the powerful countries if we want to ensure world peace.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate; one must accompany him to his death or to victory.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The question is one of fighting the causes and not just being satisfied with getting rid of the effects.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“I will fight with all the weapons within my reach rather than let myself be nailed to a cross or whatever.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“It is not just a simple game, it is a weapon of the revolution.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier? Each moment seems split in two: melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement of entering a new land.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot.”’ -Che Guevara
‘A new era will dawn in Africa, when the impoverished masses of a nation rise up to rescue their right to a decent life from the hands of the ruling oligarchies.”’ -Che Guevara
‘”The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.”‘ -Che Guevara
‘“The victory of Socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims!”’ -Che Guevara
‘”Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.”‘ -Che Guevara
‘“We must not return to the practice of hiding our defects so they may not be seen. That would be neither honest nor revolutionary.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“In a revolution, one triumphs or dies.”’ -Che Guevara
‘ “The ultimate and most important revolutionary aspiration: to see human beings liberated from their alienation.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself into the architect of his own destiny.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“I knew that the moment the great governing spirit strikes the blow to divide all humanity into just two opposing factions, I would be on the side of the common people.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“One does not necessarily have to wait for a revolutionary situation: it can be created.”’ -Che Guevara
Che Guevara Quotes on Love
‘“I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.”’ -Che Guevara
‘When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“I have sworn before a picture of the old and mourned comrade Stalin that I won’t rest until I see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“A smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Chess is an effective means to educate and train the human intellect.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“You know, comrade Pachman, I don’t enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“There are no borders in this fight to the death; we cannot be indifferent to what is happening in any part of the world.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“I now know, by an almost fatalistic conformity with the facts, that my destiny is to travel…”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The desire to sacrifice an entire lifetime to the noblest of ideals serves no purpose if one works alone.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“While envisaging the destruction of imperialism, it is necessary to identify its head, which is no other than the United States of America.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Youth should learn to think and act as a mass. It is criminal to think as individuals!”’ -Che Guevara
‘“We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.”’ -Che Guevara
Che Guevara Quotes on Leadership
‘“Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?”’ -Che Guevara
‘“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“We must strive everyday so that love of living humanity will be transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Words that do not match deeds are not important.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“To execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The best form of saying is being.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“It is an illusion to think that the matter cannot be resolved through words.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Silence is argument carried out by other means.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“We travel just to travel.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Above all, try always to be able to feel deeply any injustice committed against any person in any part of the world. It is the most beautiful quality of a revolutionary.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“It’s a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“It’s not my fault if reality is Marxist.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?”’ -Che Guevara
Che Guevara Quotes on Life
‘“Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“To accomplish much you must first lose everything.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Let the world change you and you can change the world.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated.”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Be realistic, demand the impossible!”’ -Che Guevara
‘“Better to die standing, than to live on your knees.”’ -Che Guevara
‘The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.”’, -Che Guevara
