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Che Guevara, full name Ernesto Che Guevara, was an Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary, politician, military leader, writer, and physician. He played a significant role in the Cuban Revolution and became one of the iconic figures of the revolution. Guevara is known for his steadfast communist beliefs and revolutionary spirit, and his image and quotes have inspired countless revolutionaries and idealists.

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“Arms cannot be regarded as merchandise in our world. They should be delivered to the peoples asking for them for use against the common enemy without any charge at all, and in quantities determined by the need and their availability.”

World Needs Should Use Common Enemy Arms Asking Determined Our World Quantity Availability Merchandise Common Enemy

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“Always we argue that unity is necessity because disunity goes in favor of the U.S. , which are our enemy, and everything that goes in favor of the enemy must be eliminated. That is why we are in favor of unity.”

Enemy Unity Arguing Favors Disunity

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“I knew that when the great guiding spirit cleaves humanity into two antagonistic halves, I would be with the people. I know this, I see it printed in the night sky that I, eclectic dissembler of doctrine and psychoanalyst of dogma, howling like one possessed, will assault the barricades or the trenches , will take my bloodstained weapon, and consumed with fury, slaughter any enemy who falls into my hands.”

Source: Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara

“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.”

Feels May War Moments Home Happens Moving Moral Enemy Quiet Entertainment Corners Disappear Beast Decline Decadence Fiber Total War Cornered Quiet Moments Moral Fiber

Book:Guerrilla Warfare

Source: Guerrilla Warfare

“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.”

People Men Natural Enemy Struggle Cold Elements Hatred Machines Killing Soldier Violent Limitation Brutal Transforming Relentless Heirs Selective Psychotic Vanquish

Book:Guerrilla Warfare

Source: Guerrilla Warfare

“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!”

Hands Fall Fighting Enemy Blood Crazy Red Sacred Fury Stains Rifles Howl Triumphant Proletariat Odor Gunpowder Savoring

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“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.”

People Humans Hate Natural Enemy Cold Machines Blind Killing Soldier Boundaries Limitation Triumph Impulse Cracks Adversaries Transforming Selective

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“It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.”

Enemy Sad Things

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“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!”

Ifs Heart Cities Enemy Mankind New York Including Nuclear New York City Cuba Missiles Psychotic Extermination Hyenas Nuclear Missiles

Author:Che Guevara

About the Author

Born: June 14, 1928
Died: October 9, 1967
Known for: Revolutionary
Quotes: 186

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Guerrilla WarfareRelated source material

Che Guevara Reader: Writings on Politics & RevolutionRelated source material

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American JourneyRelated source material

Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che GuevaraRelated source material

The Awakening of Latin America: A Classic Anthology of Che Guevara's Writing on Latin AmericaRelated source material

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A New Society: Reflections for Today's WorldRelated source material

Self Portrait Che GuevaraRelated source material

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