Frantz Fanon: 20 July, 1925 – 6 December, 1961

Frantz Fanon: 20 July, 1925 – 6 December, 1961

Quotes from Frantz Fanon

Direct Quotes

He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.
We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.
Each generation must discover its mission, fulfil it or betray it.
Land will bring bread and, above all, dignity.
The issue which blocks the horizon is the need for a redistribution of wealth.
What an idealist, people will say. Not at all: It is just that the others are scum.
I believe in love.
One should not lose sight of the real.
We must refuse to accept the present as definitive.
I am in solidarity with every victory of the human spirit.
I find myself in a world in which I am summoned into battle.
Recognise the open door of every consciousness.
We must not amputate reality.
A society that drives its members to desperate solutions is a non-viable society, a society to be replaced.
Optimism in Africa is a result of the revolutionary action of Africans.
To put Africa in motion.

The major, basic problem is restoring all woman and men to their proper place.
(Wo)man is motion towards the world.
Make me always a (wo)man who questions!
Every one of my acts commits me as a (wo)man.
Educate (wo)man to be actional.
It is the destiny of (wo)man to be set free.
Create a prospect that is human because conscious and sovereign (wo)men dwell therein.

This Africa to come.
Bread and the land!
The struggles goes on!
Our intelligence is born in struggle
You must fashion the revolution with the people.
Struggle is the seething pot out of which the learning of the future will emerge.
Give dignity to all!