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Frantz Fanon Quotes

Get used to me, I am not getting used to anyone Picture Quote #1

Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it Picture Quote #1

Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief Picture Quote #1

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted Picture Quote #1

The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much bigger business of plunder Picture Quote #1

They realize at last that change does not mean reform, that change does not mean improvement Picture Quote #1

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For Europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set afoot a new man Picture Quote #1

Every colonized people-in other words, every people in whose soul an inferiority complex has been created by the death and burial of its local cultural originality-finds itself face to face with the language of the civilizing nation; that is, with the culture of the mother country. The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country’s cultural standards Picture Quote #1

The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere Picture Quote #1

We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition Picture Quote #1

The militant girl, in adopting new patterns of conduct, could not be judged by traditional standards. Old values, sterile and infantile phobias disappeared Picture Quote #1

There is a point at which methods devour themselves Picture Quote #1

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A man who has a language consequently possesses the world expressed and implied by that language Picture Quote #1

The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country's cultural standards Picture Quote #1

When someone strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men, I say that intelligence has never saved anyone; and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men Picture Quote #1

When people like me, they like me

When we revolt it's not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for a variety of reasons, we can no longer breathe Picture Quote #1

When we revolt it's not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe Picture Quote #1

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Colinialism hardly ever exploits the whole of a country. It contents itself with bringing to light the natrual resources, which it extracts, and exports to meet the needs of the mother country's industries, thereby allowing certain sectors of the colony to become relatively rich. But the rest of the colony follows its path of under-development and poverty, or at all events sinks into it more deeply Picture Quote #1

Violence is man re-creating himself Picture Quote #1

I feel my soul as vast as the world, truly a soul as deep as the deepest of rivers; my chest has the power to expand to infinity. I was made to give and they prescribe for me the humility of the cripple Picture Quote #1

In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself Picture Quote #1

He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me Picture Quote #1

For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white Picture Quote #1

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Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity Picture Quote #1

O my body, make of me always a man who questions! Picture Quote #1

To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture Picture Quote #1

Mastery of language affords remarkable power Picture Quote #1

Zombies, believe me, are more terrifying than colonists Picture Quote #1

The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves Picture Quote #1

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Get used to me, I am not getting used to anyone (Frantz Fanon Quotes) Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it (Frantz Fanon Quotes) Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief (Frantz Fanon Quotes) For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted (Frantz Fanon Quotes) The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much bigger business of plunder (Frantz Fanon Quotes) They realize at last that change does not mean reform, that change does not mean improvement (Frantz Fanon Quotes) For Europe, for ourselves and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set afoot a new man (Frantz Fanon Quotes) Every colonized people-in other words, every people in whose soul an inferiority complex has been created by the death and burial of its local cultural originality-finds itself face to face with the language of the civilizing nation; that is, with the culture of the mother country. The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country’s cultural standards (Frantz Fanon Quotes) The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere. (Frantz Fanon Quotes) We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition (Frantz Fanon Quotes) The militant girl, in adopting new patterns of conduct, could not be judged by traditional standards. Old values, sterile and infantile phobias disappeared (Frantz Fanon Quotes) There is a point at which methods devour themselves (Frantz Fanon Quotes) A man who has a language consequently possesses the world expressed and implied by that language (Frantz Fanon Quotes) The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country's cultural standards (Frantz Fanon Quotes) When someone strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men, I say that intelligence has never saved anyone; and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men (Frantz Fanon Quotes) When people like me, they like me "in spite of my color. " When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my color. Either way, I am locked in to the infernal circle (Frantz Fanon Quotes) When we revolt it's not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for a variety of reasons, we can no longer breathe (Frantz Fanon Quotes) When we revolt it's not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe (Frantz Fanon Quotes) Colinialism hardly ever exploits the whole of a country. It contents itself with bringing to light the natrual resources, which it extracts, and exports to meet the needs of the mother country's industries, thereby allowing certain sectors of the colony to become relatively rich. But the rest of the colony follows its path of under-development and poverty, or at all events sinks into it more deeply (Frantz Fanon Quotes) Violence is man re-creating himself (Frantz Fanon Quotes) I feel my soul as vast as the world, truly a soul as deep as the deepest of rivers; my chest has the power to expand to infinity. I was made to give and they prescribe for me the humility of the cripple (Frantz Fanon Quotes) In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself (Frantz Fanon Quotes) He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me (Frantz Fanon Quotes) For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white (Frantz Fanon Quotes) Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity (Frantz Fanon Quotes) O my body, make of me always a man who questions! (Frantz Fanon Quotes) To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture (Frantz Fanon Quotes) Mastery of language affords remarkable power (Frantz Fanon Quotes) Zombies, believe me, are more terrifying than colonists (Frantz Fanon Quotes) The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves (Frantz Fanon Quotes)

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