Guevara Revolution Quotes & Sayings

It is necessary to distinguish clearly between sabotage, a revolutionary and highly effective method of warfare, and terrorism, a measure that is generally ineffective and indiscriminate in its results, since it often makes victims of innocent people and destroys a large number of lives that would be valuable to the revolution. — Ernesto Che Guevara

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day. — 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

I'm a secret nonmember of the establishment. This isn't a grubby kind of revolution I'm talking about. This isn't Che Guevara stuff. I don't want to live on berries in the woods - I don't think anybody does. — Louis O. Kelso

[1965]
To my children
Dear Hildita, Aleidita, Camilo, Celia, And Ernesto,
If you ever have to read this letter, it will be because I am no longer with you. You practically will not remember me, and the smaller ones will not remember me at all.
Your father has been a man who acted on his beliefs and has certainly been loyal to his convictions.
Grow up as good revolutionaries. Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature. Remember that the revolution is what is important, and each one of us, alone is worth nothing.
Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary.
Until forever, my children. I still hope to see you.
A great big kiss and a big hug from,
Papa — Ernesto Che Guevara

Individuals start to see themselves reflected in their work and to understand their full status as human beings through the object created, through the work accomplished. Work no longer entails surrendering a part of one's being in the form of labor power sold, which no longer belongs to the individual, but becomes an expression of oneself, a contribution to the common life in which one is reflected, the fulfillment of one's social duty. — Ernesto Che Guevara

We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press. — Che Guevara

The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day — Ernesto Che Guevara

The whole point is that writing has a pattern and life hasn't. Life is so untidy. Art is so short and life so long. It is not possible to have perfection in life but it is possible to have perfection in a novel. — Elizabeth Taylor

We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime. — Bill James

Revolution cleanses men, improving them as the experimental farmer corrects the defects of his plants. — Che Guevara

Each time a country is freed, we say, it is a defeat for the world imperialist system, but we must agree that real liberation or breaking away from the imperialist system is not achieved by the mere act of proclaiming independence or winning an armed victory in a revolution. Freedom is achieved when imperialist economic domination over a people is brought to an end. — Che Guevara

The revolution is not an apple that falls when ripe. You have to make it fall. — Ernesto Che Guevara

You know how much I admire Che Guevara. In fact, I believe that the man was not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age: as a fighter and as a man, as a
theoretician who was able to further the cause of revolution by drawing his theories from his personal experience in battle. — Jean-Paul Sartre

Remember that the revolution is what is important, and each one of us, alone, is worth nothing. — Che Guevara

One does not necessarily have to wait for a revolutionary situation: it can be created. — Che Guevara

Ten minutes can be a long time when you're waiting with a beating heart for something you don't understand, something you don't really want to know. — Cornelia Funke

In a revolution one wins or dies, if it is a real one — Che Guevara

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses. — Che Guevara

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara. — Phil Ochs

There are two people in every photograph: the photographer and the viewer — Ansel Adams

We must come to the inevitable conclusion that the guerrilla is a social reformer, who takes up arms responding to the angry protests of the people against their oppressors, and who fights to change the social system that keeps all his unarmed brothers in ignominy and poverty. — Ernesto Che Guevara

I used to think that, by the 21st century, cars would run on electricity rather than gasoline and would have guidance systems so that they actually drove themselves. Specially equipped roadways would transmit instructions to the cars, telling them where to go and how fast. I figured this would be in the lines painted on the roads. — Pat Cadigan

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

In a revolution, one triumphs or dies. — Che Guevara

If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese? — Edith Sitwell

We executed many people by firing squad without knowing if they were fully guilty. At times, the Revolution cannot stop to conduct much investigation; it has the obligation to triumph. — Ernesto Che Guevara

It's a plastic surgeon you need, not a doctor — John Cleese

We must eliminate all newspapers; we cannot make a revolution with free press. Newspapers are instruments of the oligarchy. — Ernesto Che Guevara

It is not necessary to wait until all conditions for making revolution exist; the insurrection can create them. — Che Guevara

It is not just a simple game, it is a weapon of the revolution. — Che Guevara