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We should lead people to love, with that love manifest in surrender of self, we should preach the gospel; we should celebrate external rites - Eucharist and sacraments.

— Camilo Torres Restrepo

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I am fervent partisan to the expropriation of Church property even in the case that no revolution might occur.

The catholic who is not a revolutionary is living in mortal sin.

The revolutionary struggle is not just any struggle—it is not a commitment of a few hours or a few pesos. It is a struggle to which it is necessary to commit one's life.

If Jesus was alive today, he would be a guerrillero.

The Colombian clergy certainly is not guilty of being Communist. Communism is a philosophical system incompatible with Christianity, although in their socioeconomic aspirations the majority of Communists hold precepts not opposed to the Christian faith.

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