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The question is one of fighting the causes and not just being satisfied with getting rid of the effects.

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Che Guevara
Age: 39 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 14
Died: 1967
Died: October 9
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Words without deeds are worthless.
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We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle.
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At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.
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I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don't get nailed to a cross or any other place.
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Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world.
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