Quotes by Frantz Fanon

However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

— Frantz Fanon

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He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me.

— Frantz Fanon

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I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.

— Frantz Fanon

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There is a point at which methods devour themselves.

— Frantz Fanon

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Fervor is the weapon of choice of the impotent.

— Frantz Fanon

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For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

— Frantz Fanon

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Violence is man re-creating himself.

— Frantz Fanon

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When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my color. When they dislike me, they point out that it is not because of my color.

— Frantz Fanon

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