Commonwealth Quote by Frantz Fanon

The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it…

— Frantz Fanon

“The passion with which native intellectuals defend the existence of their national culture may be a source of amazement; but those who condemn this…

— Frantz Fanon

One avoids Creolisms. Some families completely forbid Creole and mothers ridicule their children for speaking it.

— Frantz Fanon

Hate demands existence, and he who hates has to show his hate in appropriate actions and behaviors; in a sense, he has to become…

— Frantz Fanon

Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.

— Frantz Fanon

Capitalist exploitation and cartels and monopolies are the enemies of underdeveloped countries. On the other hand a regime which is completely oriented towards the…

— Frantz Fanon

The living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.

— Frantz Fanon

“The claim to a national culture in the past does not only rehabilitate that nation and serve as a justification for the hope of…

— Frantz Fanon

The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much bigger business of plunder.

— Frantz Fanon

Get used to me, I am not getting used to anyone.

— Frantz Fanon

“To speak pidgin to a Negro makes him angry, because he himself is a pidgin-nigger-talker. But, I will be told, there is no wish,…

— Frantz Fanon

“Nor will we acquiesce in the help for underdeveloped countries being a program of “sisters of charity.” This help should be the ratification of…

— Frantz Fanon