Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness, and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions.

A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves.

They (the colonized) realize at last that change does not mean reform, that change does not mean improvement.

The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.

Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.

If violence were only a thing of the future, if exploitation/oppression never existed, displays of nonviolence might relieve conflict. But if the entire regime, even nonviolent thoughts, is governed by oppression, your passiveness serves to put you on the side of the oppressors

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