"To speak...means above all to assume a culture,……" — Frantz Fanon
"To speak...means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization."
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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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