How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew? Che Guevara More Quotes by Che Guevara More Quotes From 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 destiny tools men 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. Che Guevara home war moving I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don't get nailed to a cross or any other place. Che Guevara fighting men believe The negro is indolent and a dreamer; spending his meager wage on frivolity or drink; the European has a tradition of work and saving, which has pursued him as far as this corner of America and drives him to advance himself, even independently of his own individual aspirations. Che Guevara dreamer saving america 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 blow two people 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 truths. Che Guevara risk political adventure 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 goal struggle war We travel just to travel. Che Guevara The state sometimes makes mistakes. When one of these mistakes occurs, one notes a decline in collective enthusiasm due to the effect of a quantitative diminution in each of the elements that make up the mass. Work is paralyzed until it is reduced to an insignificant level. It is time to make a correction. Che Guevara elements enthusiasm mistake 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. Che Guevara struggle men people We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force. Che Guevara everyday humanity moving Blind hate against the enemy creates a forceful impulse that cracks the boundaries of natural human limitations, transforming the soldier in an effective, selective and cold killing machine. A people without hate cannot triumph against the adversary. Che Guevara hate soldier people I have never considered myself an economist. Che Guevara economist ...because it is the very nature of Imperialism to turn humans into beasts. Che Guevara imperialism beast nature Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world. Che Guevara youth world ideas The university should color itself black and color itself mulatto — not just as regards students but also professors. Today the people stand at the door of the university, and it is the university that must be flexible. It must color itself black, mulatto, worker, peasant, or else be left without doors. And then the people will tear it apart and paint it with the colors they see fit. Che Guevara color doors people 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 commodity selling men If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot. Che Guevara good-enough shots government Americans are given the sole option of electing their jailer for four years and sometimes do him the honour of re-electing him. Che Guevara four sometimes years If we had to kneel in order to live in peace, [ U.S. government] will have to kill us before. Che Guevara government ifs order