Revolutionary Spirit Quotes

“There are different versions, but according to legend, Che’s last words, when Terán came through the door to shoot him, were: “I know you’ve come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.”
― John Lee Anderson, Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

“To seek Truth is automatically a calling for the innate dissident and the subversive; how
many are willing to give up safety and security for the perilous life of the spiritual revolutionary? How
many are willing to truly learn that their own cherished concepts are wrong? Striking provocative or
mysterious poses in the safety of Internet [social media] is far easier than taking the risks involved in
the hard work of genuine initiation.”
― Zeena Schreck

“علمت أنه حين تشق الروح الهادية العظيمة الإنسانية إلى شطرين متصارعين، سأكون الى جانب الشعب”
― Ernesto Che Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

“--From "A Familiar Preface", 1912(PR,pp,19-20）：
“At a time when nothing which is not revolutionary in some way or other can expect to attract much attention I have not been revolutionary in my writings. The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas. Its hard, absolute optimism is repulsive to my mind by the menace of fanaticism and intolerance it contains. No doubt one should smile at these things;but, imperfect Esthete, I am no better Philosopher.”
― Joseph Conrad

“When, then, the Social Democrat worker found himself in the economic crisis which degraded him to the status of a coolie, the development of his revolutionary sentiments was severely retarded by the conservative structuralization that had been taking shape in him for decades. Either he remained in the camp of the Social Democrats, notwithstanding his criticism and rejection of their policies, or he went over to the NSDAP [Nazi party] in search of a better replacement. Irresolute and indecisive, owing to the deep contradiction between revolutionary and conservative sentiments, disappointed by his own leadership, he followed the line of least resistance. Whether he would give up his conservative tendencies and arrive at a complete consciousness of his actual responsibility in the production process, i.e., at a revolutionary consciousness, depended solely on the correct or incorrect leadership of the revolutionary party. Thus the communist assertion that it was the Social Democrat policies that put fascism in the saddle was correct from a psychological viewpoint. Disappointment in Social Democracy, accompanied by the contradiction between wretchedness and conservative thinking, must lead to fascism if there are no revolutionary organizations. For example, following the fiasco of the Labor party's policies in England, in 1930–31, fascism began to infiltrate the workers who, then, in the election of 1931, cut away to the Right, instead of going over to communism.”
― Wilhelm Reich, The Mass Psychology of Fascism

“Conventional, organized religion, in its most decadent form, is an inert parody of the genuine religious experience as much as modern occult organizations are degenerate parodies of forgotten religions.”
― Zeena Schreck, The Zaum of Zeena: A Collection of Interviews, Essays, Quotes and Images by Zeena Schreck

“LEFTISTS EAT THEIR CHILDREN: The poets, artists, and radicals are murdered first once the "revolution" actually comes about.”
― A.E. Samaan

“Seid Sand im Getriebe der Welt!”
― Günter Eich, Träume

“Any time you start a revolution, even a peaceful one, you have to expect the possibility that the end result won’t be so peaceful. That’s the way of life. Nothing is ever as we suspect.”
― Starr Z. Davies, Unique

“We are returning to the old subject; and this was to be a business talk. It is quite useless, I assure you, to tell me I might have done all sorts of things. I shall never do them now. But I may be able to help you in thinking out your plan. What is it?”
“You begin by telling me that it is useless for me to suggest anything, and then ask what I want to suggest. My plan requires your help in action, not only in thinking out.”
― E L Voynich

“For my part, I believe in propaganda, propaganda, and propaganda; and when you can get it, open insurrection.”
― E L Voynich

“As for me, I shall go out into the courtyard with as light a heart as any child starting home for the holidays. I have done my share of the work, and this death-sentence is the proof that I have done it thoroughly. They kill me because they are afraid of me; and what more can any man’s heart desire?”
― E L Voynich

“The next revolution won’t be about the hydrogen molecule at the leading edge of the wave that shouts, ‘that’s right everybody follow me!’ It will be about the groundswell that caused the wave to begin with.”
― Casey Fisher, The Subtle Cause

“We don’t have anything to fear. I don’t know tonight whether I’ll actually get back to Ruleville! But all that they can destroy is the Fannie Lou that you meet tonight. But it’s the Fannie Lou that God hold will keep on living, day after day!”
― Fannie Lou Hamer, The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell It Like It Is