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Fascist militia, they said. Yes. But at the level of the individual and human rights what is fascism but colonialism at the very heart of traditionally colonialist countries?

— Frantz Fanon

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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)

In no way should my color be regarded as a flaw.

Black Skin, White Masks (1952)

The living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.

The Wretched of the Earth (1961)

The colonial regime owes its legitimacy to force and at no time does it ever endeavor to cover up this nature of things.

The Wretched of The Earth (1961)

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