“To the accusation that Cuba wants to export its revolution, we reply: Revolutions are not exported, they are made by the people.”
“I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.”
“We should seek out all the doors which still remain ajar, however slight the opening might be.”
“Without this fundamental sense of responsibility, revolution only makes way for new oppressors.”
“Revolution Sonnet What is revolution you ask! Revolution is an alarm, To wake up the sleeping population. Revolution is a weapon, To fight tyranny and exploitation. Revolution is a vaccine, To prime the society against inhumanity. Revolution is an insanity, To humanize the paradigm of sanity. Revolution is a tsunami, To wash away all that s foul and carnal. Revolution is a tornado, To weaken the grasp of the animal. Whenever savages raise their fangs most appalling, Be not a mute witness but a revolution sanctifying.”
“The deprogramming of language will be the work of language itself. The deregulation of the system will be the work of the system itself. The derealization of the world will be the work of the world itself. The derealization of the world will be the work of the world itself. Such is the prophetico-inert: prophecy fulfilling itself. On closer examination, it was the very tenor of the revolutionary slogan: the workers will liberate themselves. Except that this contained a dangerous mystification: it merely opened on to the practico-inert, on to the liberation of work as an end in itself.”
“Ain t no good people we, If goodness means blindness. Ain t no practical folks we, If practicality means selfishness. Ain t no sane citizens we, If sanity means indifference. Ain t no smart bunch we, If smartness brings arrogance.”
“Turn into a mad wind, And blow away the rigidity. Now the savagery must end, To do that we must rise as almighty.”
“If you are righteous, if you are humane, if you are conscientious, why should you be afraid of the barbarians - why should you be scared at the threats of the animals!”
“The significance of a revolution will be known after the days have gone past us. When the children in the coming years wake up and like the albatross glide across the azure sky. The freedom to live a life of meaning and joy. Let us take a stand for what is right. And let us raise our voice against injustice. Black lives matter.”
“The significance of a revolution will be known after the days have gone past us. When the children in the coming years wake up and like the albatross glide across the azure sky.The freedom to live a life of meaning and joy.”
“The mobile phone video camera is triggering revolution.”
“The revolution has to be self-liberation.”
“When someone deviates from an accepted norm, they signal a gap in the system. A hole that hasn’t been plugged. The danger with exposing a foundation’s failings is it opens the door to the possibility that it’s a faulty structure altogether and should be torn down and built anew.”
“Time and again the need arises for one fierce sword of character to stand face to face with the inhumans and bigots, and announce with a earth-shaking fervor - from this moment on, you are only inches away from extinction - at night look closely to every shadow - and by the light of day know that I am just one step behind you - mark me - one sinister move, one malicious deed and I will swoop down on you like god s thunder - from this moment on, I own your evil heart, and I will crush it, if you hurt the people anymore.”
“For all his saintly qualities, however, Kropotkin by no means offered blanket opposition to the use of violence. He upheld the assassination of tyrants if the perpetrators were impelled by noble motives, though his acceptance of bloodshed in such instances was inspired by compassion for the oppressed rather than by any personal hatred of the ruling despots. Kropotkin believed that acts of terror were among the very few means of resistance available to the enchained masses; they were useful as propaganda by the deed, calculated to supplement oral and written propaganda in awakening the rebellious instincts of the people. Nor did Kropotkin shrink from revolution itself, for he hardly expected the propertied classes to give up their privileges and possessions without a fight. Like Bakunin, he anticipated an upheaval that would demolish capitalism and the state for all time. Nevertheless, he earnestly hoped that the rebellion would be a tame one, with the smallest number of victims, and a minimum of embitterment. Kropotkin s revolution was to be speedy and humane—quite unlike Bakunin s demonic visions of fire and brimstone.”
“Revolution fights tyrants, resistance fights tyranny.”