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To destroy the colonial world means nothing less than demolishing the colonist's sector, burying it deep within the earth or banishing it from the territory.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
The famous dictum which states that all men are equal will find its illustration in the colonies only when the colonized subject states he is equal to the colonist.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
The living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
The serf is essentially different from the knight, but a reference to divine right is needed to justify this difference in status.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
Colonialism is not a thinking machine, nor a body endowed with reasoning faculties. It is violence in its natural state, and it will only yield when confronted with greater violence.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
The colonized can see right away if decolonization is taking place or not: The minimum demand is that the last become the first.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
As soon as they are born it is obvious to them that their cramped world, riddled with taboos, can only be challenged by out and out violence.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
"Brother," "sister," "comrade" are words outlawed by the colonialist bourgeoisie because in their thinking my brother is my wallet and my comrade, my scheming.
The Wretched of the Earth (1963)
The Church in the colonies is a white man's Church, a foreigners' Church. It does not call the colonized to the ways of God, but to the ways of the white man, to the ways of the master, the ways of the oppressor.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
Decolonization, therefore, implies the urgent need to thoroughly challenge the colonial situation. Its definition can, if we want to describe it accurately, be summed up in the well-known words "The last shall be first." Decolonization is verification of this.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anticolonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
The colonialist bourgeoisie is aided and abetted in the pacification of the colonized by the inescapable powers of religion. All the saints who turned the other cheek, who forgave those who trespassed against them, who, without flinching, were spat upon and insulted, are championed and shown as an example.
The Wretched of the Earth (1961)