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Quotes from Afro-Asian Conference — Che Guevara

1928–1967

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8 quotes

For us there is no valid definition of socialism other than the abolition of the exploitation of one human being by another.

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)

The socialist countries must help pay for the development of countries now starting out on the road to liberation.

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)

Arms cannot be commodities in our world. They must be delivered to the peoples asking for them to use against the common enemy, with no charge and in the quantities needed and available.

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)

As long as imperialism exists it will, by definition, exert its domination over other countries. Today that domination is called neocolonialism.

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)

Now is the time to throw off the yoke, to force renegotiation of oppressive foreign debts, and to force the imperialists to abandon their bases of aggression.

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)

Imperialism has been defeated in many partial battles. But it remains a considerable force in the world, and we cannot expect its final defeat save through effort and sacrifice on the part of us all.

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)

There are no borders in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, because a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory, just as any country's defeat is a defeat for all of us.

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)

How can it be "mutually beneficial" to sell at world market prices the raw materials that cost the underdeveloped countries immeasurable sweat and suffering, and to buy at world market prices the machinery produced in today's big automated factories?

Afro-Asian Conference (1965)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Che Guevara (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.