Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth14 June 1928
CitySanta Fe, Argentina
war moving home
We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment: a total war. It is necessary to prevent him from having a moment of peace, a quiet moment outside his barracks or even inside; we must attack him wherever he may be, make him feel like a cornered beast wherever he may move. Then his moral fiber shall begin to decline, but we shall notice how the signs of decadence begin to disappear.
new-york heart cities
The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind! Against those hyenas there is no option but extermination! If the nuclear missiles had remained (in Cuba) we would have fired them against the heart of the U.S. including New York City!
rain police black
Wrapped in a police blanket, I watched the rain and smoked one black cigarette after another...
losing grows hard
One has to grow hard but without ever losing tenderness.
fighting justice causes
The question is one of fighting the causes and not just being satisfied with getting rid of the effects.
two people humanity
I knew that when the great guiding spirit cleaves humanity into two antagonistic halves, I will be with the people.
revolution spirit individual
The revolution is made through human beings, but individuals must forge their revolutionary spirit day by day
sacrifice desire purpose
The desire to sacrifice an entire lifetime to the noblest of ideals serves no purpose if one works alone.
crazy fall fighting
My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered enemy that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!
men revolution plant
Revolution cleanses men, improving them as the experimental farmer corrects the defects of his plants.
struggle men people
Hatred as an element of the struggle; a relentless hatred of the enemy, impelling us over and beyond the natural limitations that man is heir to and transforming him into an effective, violent, selective and cold killing machine. Our soldiers must be thus; a people without hatred cannot vanquish a brutal enemy.
band illiterate
Mexicans are a band of illiterate Indians.
destiny facts conformity
I now know, by an almost fatalistic conformity with the facts, that my destiny is to travel...
soldier companion solitary
A smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier.