Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women Thomas Sankara More Quotes by Thomas Sankara More Quotes From Thomas Sankara If you take a walk around Ouagadougou and make a list of the mansions you see, you will note that they belong to just a minority. How many of you who have been assigned to Ouagadougou from the farthest corners of the country have had to move every night because you've been thrown out of the house you have rented? To those who have acquired houses and land through corruption we say: start to tremble. If you have stolen, tremble, because we will come after you Thomas Sankara nightcountrymoving When the people stand up, imperialism trembles. Thomas Sankara imperialismpeople Never be shamed of being Afrikan Thomas Sankara The spirit is smothered, as it were, by ignorance, but so soon as ignorance is destroyed, spirit shine forth, like the sun when released from clouds. Thomas Sankara shiningignoranceclouds Women hold up the other half of the sky. Thomas Sankara other-halfhalfsky We must dare to invent the future Thomas Sankara dare A military without political training is a potential criminal. Thomas Sankara trainingpoliticalmilitary Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa Thomas Sankara debt It's really a pity that there are observers who view political events like comic strips. There has to be a Zorro, there has to be a star. No, the problem of Upper Volta is more serious than that. It was a grave mistake to have looked for a man, a star, at all costs, to the point of creating one, that is, to the point of attributing the ownership of the event to captain Sankara, who must have been the brains, etc. Thomas Sankara starsmistakemen We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior. Thomas Sankara our-actionsour-wordseffort I can hear the roar of women's silence Thomas Sankara womeni-cansilence Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the people in question. Africa's absence from the club of those who have the right to veto is unjust and should be ended. Thomas Sankara rightsopportunitypeople Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of mans experiences since the first breath of humanity. We wish to be the heirs of all the revolutions of the world, of all the liberation struggles of the peoples of the Third World. We draw the lessons of the American revolution. Thomas Sankara humanitystrugglewish The Revolution Cannot Triumph Without the Emancipation of Women Thomas Sankara emancipationtriumphrevolution The French revolution taught us the rights of man. Thomas Sankara taught-usrightsmen
