Best Frantz Fanon Sayings
- One avoids Creolisms. Some families completely forbid Creole and mothers ridicule their children for speaking it. Avoids
- Today I believe in the possibility of love; that is why I endeavor to trace its imperfections, its perversions. Believe
- I, the man of color, want only this: That the tool never possess the man. That the enslavement of man by man cease forever. That… Cease
- Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand. Condition
- Zombies, believe me, are more terrifying than colonists. Believe
- The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves. Always Believe
- Every race will have disagreements amongst themselves, but we must put aside our differences, and work together for the advancement of that race" Sandra Forsythe Advancement
- They realize at last that change does not mean reform, that change does not mean improvement. Change
- ...There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it. Burden
- We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition. Assume
- What matters is not to know the world but to change it. Change
- A man who has a language consequently possesses the world expressed and implied by that language. Consequently
- The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country's cultural standards. Adoption
- Introducing someone as a "Negro poet with a University degree" or again, quite simply, the expression, "a great black poet." These ready-made phrases, which seem… Black
- Negrophobes exist. It is not hatred of the Negro, however, that motivates them; they lack the courage for that, or they have lost it. Hate… Action
- The Negro enslaved by his inferiority, the white man enslaved by his superiority alike behave in accordance with a neurotic orientation. Accordance
- [Educated blacks] Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. "You're us," and if anyone thinks… Anyone
- When people like me, they like me "in spite of my color." When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my… Circle
- In the World through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself. Creating
- When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe Breathe
- Colinialism hardly ever exploits the whole of a country. It contents itself with bringing to light the natrual resources, which it extracts, and exports to… All
- Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is divided into Black… Affirmed
- Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent. Choice