"The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack……" — 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 be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps."
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73 Quotes by Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon has 73 quotes on this site.
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Anti-Semitism hits me on the head: I am enraged, I am bled white by an appalling battle, I am deprived…
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Hate demands existence, and he who hates has to show his hate in appropriate actions and behaviors; in a sense,…
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If the building of a bridge does not enrich the awareness of those who work on it, then the bridge…
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The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his…
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Capitalist exploitation and cartels and monopolies are the enemies of underdeveloped countries. On the other hand a regime which is…
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I feel my soul as vast as the world, truly a soul as deep as the deepest of rivers; my…
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For the beloved should not allow me to turn my infantile fantasies into reality: On the contrary, he should help…
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I want the world to recognize with me the open door of every consciousness
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A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it…
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In the colonial context the settler only ends his work of breaking in the native when the latter admits loudly…
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To educate the masses politically does not mean, cannot mean, making a political speech. What it means is to try,…
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The native must realize that colonialism never gives anything away for nothing.
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily…
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I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose…
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Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed…
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The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.
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