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Quotes from Speech at the University of Las Villas — Che Guevara

1928–1967

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The university should color itself black and color itself mulatto—not just as regards students but also professors.

Speech at the University of Las Villas (1959)

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study. Education should be the daily bread of the people of Cuba.

Speech at the University of Las Villas (1959)

This professor standing before you was once a doctor, and by force of circumstance was obliged to take up arms, and after two years graduated as a guerrilla commander.

Speech at the University of Las Villas (1959)

Today the people stand at the door of the university, and it is the university that must be flexible. It must color itself black, mulatto, worker, peasant, or else be left without doors. And then the people will tear it apart and paint it with the colors they see fit.

Speech at the University of Las Villas (1959)

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