Che Guevara
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8 quotes we’ve traced to Che Guevara
“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love”
Verified“Hasta la victoria siempre”
Verified“One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness”
Verified“I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man”
Attributed“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine”
Attributed“We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it”
Attributed“Words that do not match deeds are unimportant”
Attributed“We are going to do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the revolution. By which I mean: nothing”
DisputedNot actually Che Guevara
Often misattributed to Che Guevara
Famous lines widely pinned on Che Guevara that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Be realistic, demand the impossible”
actually Anonymous (May 1968, Paris)
“Silence is argument carried out by other means”
actually Jay Cantor
“To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate”
actually Humberto Fontova
“We are going to do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the revolution. By which I mean: nothing”
actually Unknown
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