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Cabral Amílcar

1924 - 1973 (49)

Cabral Amílcar
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Quote 1

Do not confuse the reality you live in with the ideas you have in your head.

Quote 2

In combating racism we do not make progress if we combat the people themselves. We have to combat the causes of racism.

Quote 3

“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...

Quote 4

“The colonists usually say that it was they who brought us into history: today we show that this is not so. They made us leave history, our history, to follow them, right at the back, to follow the progress of their history.”

Quote 5

Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone’s head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children.