“Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.” — Che Guevara · Letter to his parents, 1965
“Do not shoot! I am Che Guevara and worth more to you alive than dead.” — Che Guevara · October 8, 1967, upon capture in Bolivia
“A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate.” — Che Guevara · Letter to his parents, 1965
“Remember that the revolution is what is important, and each one of us, alone, is worth nothing.” — Che Guevara · Letter to his children, 1965
“Above all, try always to be able to feel deeply any injustice committed against any person in any part of the world. It is the most beautiful quality of a revolutionary.” — Che Guevara · Letter to his children, 1965
“I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.” — Che Guevara
“We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it: to his home, to his centers of entertainment; a total war.” — Che Guevara · Message to the Tricontinental, 1967