God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.

The division of the United States into federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War by the high financial powers of Europe. These bankers were afraid that the United States, if they remained in one block and as one nation, would attain economic and financial independence, which would upset their financial domination over the world. The voice of the Rothschilds prevailed… Therefore they sent their emissaries into the field to exploit the question of slavery and to open an abyss between the two sections of the Union.

He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power … Prussia must concentrate its strength and hold it for the favorable moment, which has already come and gone several times. Since the treaties of Vienna, our frontiers have been ill-designed for a healthy body politic. Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided – that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 – but by iron and blood (Eisen und Blut).

Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here… is France, and we’re in the middle – that’s my map of Africa.

You can do everything with bayonets, but you are not able to sit on them

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided — that was the error of 1848 and 1849 — but by iron and blood.

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act, but I went at it and did what I thought fit. I have often reproached myself for my want of principle.

A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

I have a burden on my soul. During my long life, I did not make anyone happy, neither my friends, nor my family, nor even myself. I have done many evil things…i was the cause of the beginning of three big wars. About 800,000 people were killed because of me on the battlefields., and their mothers, brothers, and widows cried for them. And now this stands between me and god.

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.

The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his boots and the bankers went anew to grab the riches. I fear that foreign bankers with their craftiness and tortuous tricks will entirely control the exuberant riches of America and use it to systematically corrupt civilization.

Even the most favorable outcome of the war will never lead to the decomposition of the main forces of Russia, which is based on millions of Russian … The latter, even if they break up international treaties, just as quickly re-connect with each other, like pieces of a particle of mercury.

It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

The nation that has the schools has the future.

Politics is the art of the next best.

We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.

A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

Politics is not an exact science.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

الحياة أشبه بالتواجد عند طبيب الأسنان. فأنت تعتقد دائما أن الأسوأ هو الذي لا يزال في طريقه إليك، رغم أنه يكون قد انتهى بالفعل.

He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the ‘bonds’ of States … and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.

If there is ever another war in europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the balkans.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

The government should cultivate the view also among the propertyless classes of the population, those who are the most numerous and the least educated, that the state is not only an institution of necessity but also of welfare. By recognizable and direct advantages they must be led to look upon the state not as an agency devised solely for the protection of the better-situated classes of society but also as one serving their needs and interests.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

Crowned heads, wealth and privilege may well tremble should ever again the black and red unite!”
-after the split between anarchists and marxists in 1872.

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.

I have always found the word ‘Europe’ on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand in their own names!

Politics is not a science…but an art.

A statesman… must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.

Man cannot control the current of events. He can only float with them and steer.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it’s course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Politics ruins the character.

The Americans are a very lucky people. They’re bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia’s weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come – do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is to play fair, or do not play.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

Hounds follow those who feed them.

The statesman’s task is to hear god’s footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to his coattails as he marches past.

You can’t destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves

People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.

With bad laws and good civil servants it’s still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can’t help.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool.

If the first woman god ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be able to turn it right again.

Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.

And a’n’t, I a woman? I have borne thirteen chilern, and seen ’em mos’ all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but jesus heard me! and a’n’t I a woman?.

If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there.

I must sojourn once to the ballot-box before I die. I hear the ballot-box is a beautiful glass globe, so you can see all the votesas they go in. Now, the first time I vote I’ll see if the woman’s vote looks any different from the rest–if it makes any stir or commotion. If it don’t inside, it need not outside.

Let others say what they will of the efficacy of prayer, I believe in it, and I shall pray. Thank god! yes, I shall always pray.

Then I will speak upon the ashes.

After turning it in her mind for some time, she came to the conclusion, that she had been taking part in a great drama, which was, in itself, but one great system of robbery and wrong. ‘yes,’ she said, ‘the rich rob the poor, and the poor rob one another.’ true, she had not received labor from others, and stinted their pay, as she felt had been practised against her; but she had taken their work from them, which was their only means to get money, and was the same to them in the end. For instance–a gentleman where she lived would give her a dollar to hire a poor man to clear the new-fallen snow from the steps and side-walks. She would arise early, and perform the labor herself, putting the money into her own pocket. A poor man would come along, saying she ought to have let him have the job; he was poor, and needed the pay for his family. She would harden her heart against him, and answer–’i am poor too, and I need it for mine.’ but, in her retrospection, she thought of all the misery she might have been adding to, in her selfish grasping, and it troubled her conscience sorely; and this insensibility to the claims of human brotherhood, and the wants of the destitute and wretched poor, she now saw, as she never had done before, to be unfeeling, selfish and wicked.

I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me. And aren’t I a woman?

Truth burns up error.

Where there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter.

The Lord gave me ‘Sojourner,’ because I was to travel up an’ down the land, showin’ the people their sins an’ bein’ a sign unto them. Afterwards, I told the Lord I wanted another name ’cause everybody else had two names, and the Lord gave me ‘Truth,’ because I was to declare the truth to people.

It is hard for the old slave holding spirit to die. But die it must.

Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.

When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wasn’t going to keep nothing of Egypt on me, an’ so I went to the Lord an’ asked him to give me a new name. And he gave me Sojourner because I was to travel up and down the land showing the people their sins and bein’ a sign unto them. I told the Lord I wanted two names ’cause everybody else had two, and the Lord gave me Truth, because I was to declare the truth to the people.

He was soon drawn into a circle of associates who did not improve either his habits or his morals.

I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail.

The Spirit calls me, and I must go.

I am above eighty years old … I suppose I am about the only colored woman that goes about to speak for the rights of the colored women. I want to keep the thing stirring, now that the ice is cracked.

I know and do what is right better than many big men who read.

The slaveholders are terrible for promising to give you this or that, or such and such a privilege, if you will do thus and so, and when the time of fulfillment comes, and one claims the promise, they, forsooth, recollect nothing of the kind; and you are, like as not, taunted with being a liar.

When I preaches, I has just one text to preach from, an’ I always preaches from this one. My text is, ‘When I found Jesus.’

Truth is powerful and it prevails.

And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?

If de fust woman god ever made was strong enough to turn de world upside down all alone, dese women togedder (and she glanced her eye over the platform) ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! and now dey is asking to do it, de men better let ’em.

If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it?

Oh no, honey, I can’t read little things like letters. I read big things like men.

Where there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the Negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.

When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.

Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.

Her unwavering confidence in an arm which she believed to be stronger than all others combined could have raised from her sinking spirit.

Absurdity of the claims so arrogantly set up by the masters, over beings designed by god to be as free as kings; and at the perfect stupidity of the slave, in admitting for one moment the validity of these claims.

Though it seems curious, I do not remember ever asking for anything but what I got it. And I always received it as an answer to my prayers.

And what is that religion that sanctions, even by its silence, all that is embraced in the ‘peculiar institution’? if there can be any thing more diametrically opposed to the religion of jesus, than the working of this soul-killing system – which is as truly sanctioned by the religion of america as are her minsters and churches – we wish to be shown where it can be found.

The Lord only knows how many times I let my children go hungry rather than take secretly the bread I liked not to ask for.

Many slaveholders boast of the love of their slaves. How would it freeze the blood of some of them to know what kind of love rankles in the bosoms of slaves for them! witness the attempt to poison mrs. Calhoun, and hundreds of similar cases. Most ‘surprising ‘ to every body, because committed by slaves supposed to be so grateful for their chains.

Good man! Genuine gentleman! God bless George Thompson, the great-hearted friend of my race.

I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave and forty years free and would be here forty years more to have equal rights for all.

And ar’n’t I a woman?

Now, if you want me to get out of the world, you had better get the women votin’ soon. I shan’t go till I can do that.

If the Lord comes and burns – as you say he will – I am not going away; I am going to stay here and stand the fire, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! And Jesus will walk with me through the fire and keep me from harm.

Den dat little man in black dar, he say women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause christ wan’t a woman! whar did your christ come from?” rolling thunder couldn’t have stilled that crowd, as did those deep, wonderful tones, as she stood there with outstretched arms and eyes of fire. Raising her voice still louder, she repeated, “whar did your christ come from? from god and a woman!.

It is the mind that makes the body.

If my cup won’t hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn’t ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?

I don’t read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can’t see through a spelling-book. What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter!

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women; and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see, the colored men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before.

I did not run away, I walked away by daylight….

You have been having our rights so long, that you think, like a slave-holder, that you own us. I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up; it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again.

We have all been thrown down so low that nobody thought we’d ever get up again; but we have been long enough trodden now; we will come up again, and now I am here.

Let … individuals make the most of what God has given them, have their neighbors do the same, and then do all they can to serve each other. There is no use in one man, or one nation, to try to do or be everything. It is a good thing to be dependent on each other for something, it makes us civil and peaceable.

Look there above the center, where the flag is waving bright; we are going out of slavery, we are bound for freedom’s light; we mean to show jeff davis how the africans can fight…

I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.

Yes,’ she said, ‘the rich rob the poor, and the poor rob one another.

Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

Children, who made your skin white? was it not god? who made mine black? was it not the same god? am I to blame, therefore, because my skin is black?…does not god love coloured children as well as white children? and did not the same saviour die to save the one as well as the other?.

Oh lord,’ inquired isabella, ‘what is this slavery, that it can do such dreadful things? what evil can it not do?’ well may she ask, for surely the evils it can and does do, daily and hourly, can never be summed up, till we can see them as they are recorded by him who writes no errors, and reckons without mistake.

That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman?

That little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.

When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wanted to keep nothing of Egypt on me, and so I went to the Lord and asked him to give me a new name.

This is beautiful indeed; the colored people have given this to the head of the government, and that government once sanctioned laws that would not permit its people to learn enough to enable them to read this book.

God will take care of the poor trampled slave, but where will the slaveholder be when eternity begins?

We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

Christ came from God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him.

That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! and ain’t I a woman? look at me! look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! and ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! and ain’t I a woman? I have borne five children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but jesus heard me! and ain’t I a woman?.

You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway.

And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?

It is written that there shall be a separation, and the sheep shall be separated from the goats. The other preachers have the sheep; I have the goats. And I have a few sheep among my goats, but they are very ragged.

I am not going to die, I’m going home like a shooting star.

I can do as much work as any man … We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much. What we want is a little money. You men know that you get as much again as women when you write, or for what you do. When we get our rights, we shall not have to come to you for money, for then we shall have money enough of our own.

I have done a great deal of work, as much as a man, but did not get so much pay. I used to work in the field and bind grain, keeping up with the cradler; but men doing no more, got twice as much pay…. We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.

I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.

Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.

I am a woman’s rights. I have as much as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?

Oh God, you know I have no money, but you can make the people do for me, and you must make the people do for me.

I tell you I can’t read a book, but I can read de people.

There is a great stir about colored men getting their rights, but not a word about the colored women; and if colored men get their rights, and not colored women theirs, you see the colored
men will be masters over the women, and it will be just as bad as it was before. So I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring; because if we wait till it is still, it will
take a great while to get it going again.

The rich rob the poor and the poor rob one another.

What we give to the poor, we lend to the Lord.

Che Guevara, the leftist fighter, grew up in Argentina. He helped bring about a revolution in Cuba, exciting people with his vision of a more just and balanced world. Guevara wrote dozens of works in Spanish ranging from personal diaries to political manifestos. He also wrote The Motorcycle Diaries, a memoir of his travels through South America. 

Guevara’s works have inspired generations of socialist and leftist thought. He lived according to the principles of social justice and class equality. These are the most meaningful quotes from his work, ranging from political and social to personal topics. Che Guevara’s sayings will make you think about justice and getting involved in public debate.

Words without deeds are worthless.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

Where a government has come into power through some form of popular vote, fraudulent or not, and maintains at least an appearance of constitutional legality, the guerrilla outbreak cannot be promoted, since the possibilities of peaceful struggle have not yet been exhausted.

Everyday you have to fight so that love for humanity can be transformed into concrete deeds, into acts that set an example, that mobilize.

The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

I have lived magnificent days.

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

If it is an element of liberation for Latin America, I believe that it should have demonstrated that. Until now, I have not been aware of any such demonstration. The IMF performs an entirely different function: precisely that of ensuring that capital based outside of Latin America controls all of Latin America.

Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary.

Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy.

Wealth is far from being within the reach of the masses simply through the process of appropriation.

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

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.

Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.

One must endure without losing tenderness.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.

The basic clay of our work is the youth; we place our hope in it and prepare it to take the banner from our hands.

We must struggle every day so that this love for humanity becomes a reality.

Until the everlasting victory.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.

We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.

At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

In a revolution, one triumphs or dies.

I will fight with all the weapons within my reach rather than let myself be nailed to a cross or whatever.

The feeling of revolt will grow stronger every day among the peoples subjected to various degrees of exploitation, and they will take up arms to gain by force the rights which reason alone has not won them.

Every person has the truth in his heart. No matter how complicated his circumstances, no matter how others look at him from the outside, and no matter how deep or shallow the truth dwells in his heart, once his heart is pieced with a crystal needle, the truth will gush forth like a geyser.

Let the world change you and you can change the world.

To execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple.

Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the murderers of blacks remain free, protecting them, and furthermore punishing the black population because they demand their legitimate rights as free men – how can those who do this consider themselves guardians of freedom?

I don’t care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.

The guerrilla fighter needs full help from the people of the area. This is an indispensable condition.

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.

When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.

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.

Knowledge makes us accountable.

Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?

Words that do not match deeds are unimportant.

Why does the guerrilla fighter fight? We must come to the inevitable conclusion that the guerrilla fighter is a social reformer, that he takes up arms responding to the angry protest of the people against their oppressors, and that he fights in order to change the social system that keeps all his unarmed brothers in ignominy and misery.

Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.

We should not allow the word democracy to be utilized apologetically to represent the dictatorship of the exploiting classes.

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.

Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.

I don’t know if the Cuban revolution will survive or not. It’s difficult to say. But [if it doesn’t] . . . don’t come looking for me among the refugees in the embassies. I’ve had that experience, and I’m not ever going to repeat it. I will go out with a machine gun in my hand, to the barricades. . . I’ll keep fighting to the end.

I have a wish. It as a fear as well – that in my end will be my beginning.

Let’s be realistic. Let’s do the impossible!

In fact, if Christ himself stood in my way, I, like Nietzsche, would not hesitate to squish him like a worm.

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world.

We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity.

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.

Hatred is an element of struggle; relentless hatred of the enemy that impels us over and beyond the natural limitations of man and transforms us into effective, violent, selective, and cold killing machines. Our soldiers must be thus; a people without hatred cannot vanquish a brutal enemy.

The only passion that guides me is for the truth… I look at everything from this point of view.

Youth should learn to think and act as a mass. It is criminal to think as individuals!

There are no frontiers in this struggle to the death.. A victory for any member against imperialism is our victory, just as any country’s defeat is a defeat for all.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

Don’t be afraid, commander, I’ll die by your side!’ The trouble was, I didn’t want to die at all, I’d rather send him to the devil instead. I think that’s what I did in fact

As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.

Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am…only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.

If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot.

Words that do not match deeds are not important.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.

Man really attains the state of complete humanity when he produces, without being forced by physical need to sell himself as a commodity.

And then many things became very clear… we learned perfectly that the life of a single human being is worth millions of times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.

Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the people’s unity against the great enemy of mankind

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!

Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an ‘is,’ it is a ‘becoming.’

Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.

We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.

The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man’s basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act – and if necessary, to suffer and die – for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.

Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained.

If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructores but form the very life experience itself.

Our youth must be steadfast and take advantage of the benefits of modern civilization. Do not fall prey to idleness for it shall be a curse to you and to succeeding generations. You must set yourselves us as examples of determination and hard work. Plan your time and use both your physical and mental powers purposefully and productively.

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.

A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.

Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success. Knowing that material & spiritual progress are essential to man, we must ceaselessly work for the equal attainment of both. It is only when a people strike an even balance between scientific progress & spiritual & moral advancement that it can be said to possess a wholly perfect and complete personality and not a lopsided one.

You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow…

Spiritual power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the summit destined for him by the Great Creator.

Education develops the intellect; and the intellect distinguishes man from other creatures. It is education that enables man to harness nature and utilize her resources for the well-being and improvement of his life.

Leadership does not mean domination.

The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations.

There is always something moving, brewing. There are ambitious people everywhere. Wicked people. The only thing to do is to deal with them with courage and decision. One must beware of uncertainty, weakness or conflicting emotions – they lead to defeat.

History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.

He [the Almighty] taught us that all human beings are equal regardless of sex, national origin and tribe. And He also taught us all who seek Him shall find Him.

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess

Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements.

In the history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and the women belonging to them had transcended the differences that divided them and had recognized in their membership in the human race a common bond.

If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he would bless the results for us.

Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.

Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen… yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was ‘Help me.’ Sometimes a prayer was ‘Thank you.’ What I’ve discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away.

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

The temple of the most high begins with the human body, which houses our life, essence of our existence.

Spirituality is not theology or ideology.
It is simple a way of life, pure and original as was given by the most high.

As the essence of our existence it embodies our culture, true identity, nationhood and destiny.

A people without a nation they can really call their own is a people without a soul.

When African righteous people come together, the world will come together.

Spiritual power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the summit destined for him by the Great Creator.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.

Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.

We wish to recall here the spirit of tolerance shown by Our Lord Jesus Christ when He gave forgiveness to all including those that crucified Him.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’

A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one can not be friends with anyone else in the world.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.

I believe anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for any reason, turn his back of life.

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.

One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just one step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.

The world of the future is in our making. Tomorrow is now.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.

Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.

If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being.

Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: A feeling that you have been honest with yourself and those around you; a feeling that you have done the best you could both in your personal life and in your work; and the ability to love others.

True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth, universal brotherhood and good will, and a constant and earnest striving toward the principles and ideals on which this country was founded.

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted.

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader,
a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.