Selective Quotes by Che Guevara

To accomplish much you must first lose everything.

— Che Guevara

I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ I fight for the things I believe…

— Che Guevara

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

— Che Guevara

Each spilt drop of blood, in any country under whose flag one has not been born, is an experience passed on to those who…

— Che Guevara

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

— Che Guevara

I am one of those people who believes that the solution to the world's problems is to be found behind the Iron Curtain.

— Che Guevara

We will not accept any conditions from the U.S.

— Che Guevara

Let's liquidate all the atomic bases in Cuba and in the U.S. and we are in complete agreement with that.

— Che Guevara

How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?

— Che Guevara

I have sworn before a picture of the old and mourned comrade Stalin that I won’t rest until I see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.

— Che Guevara

We sold sugar with the specific conditions established by American buyers, which in turn dominated the internal market and production in Cuba. Now if…

— Che Guevara

I think harmonious relations with the U.S. would be very good for us from the economical point of view, more than in any other…

— Che Guevara

My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any…

— Che Guevara

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

— Che Guevara

Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy.

— Che Guevara