For today, I am going to share with you some interesting quotes and opinions about Che Guevara by such people who met or knew him, or just studied his life.

- Why did they think that by killing him, he would cease to exist as a fighter? ... Today he is in every place, wherever there is a just cause to defend.

Fidel Castro

- Che was wearing green fatigues, and his usual overgrown and scraggly beard. Behind the beard his features are quite soft, almost feminine, and his manner is intense. He has a good sense of humor, and there was considerable joking back and forth during the meeting ... Although he left no doubt of his personal and intense devotion to communism, his conversation was free of propaganda and bombast. He spoke calmly, in a straightforward manner, and with the appearance of detachment and objectivity ... I had the definite impression that he had thought out his remarks very carefully — they were extremely well organized.

Richard N. Goodwin, US Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs

- On his trips, he would receive gifts from his hosts, some of them very expensive. He would get presents for me as well, and he would give them away if he considered them too ostentatious. I was given a color TV only to see Che pass it on to a factory worker. And back then, it was sort of an unimaginable item. Once, after a trip to Algeria, he received a barrel of an excellent wine. When he arrived home, he told me to give it to the army barracks near our home. I would not always unconditionally obey his mandates. Knowing that wine was one of the few treats he allowed himself, I kept five liters.

Aleida March

[Read all the quotes]
 

For today I have collected a few interesting quotes and stories of Che Guevara from Helen Yaffe's amazing book: Che Guevara - The Economics of Revolution.

Just an example:

Che invited Salvador Vilaseca (a professor of Mathematics at Havana University, who taught Che higher mathematics) to work as a bank administrator. Vilaseca was afraid of the task, knowing nothing about banks and he told this to Che, but he replied: Me neither and I am the president, but when the Revolution assigns you to a post, the only thing to do is to accept, get studying and work to perform as you should."

Check out the other quotes and stories: [Quotes from Helen Yaffe's book]
 

For today I have collected a few interesting quotes of Che Guevara from the Congo Diary that he was writing from April to November 1965.

Just like all of the writings of Che, the Congo Diary is really worth reading.
In this book Che tells about his experiences in the country in the heart of Africa while passionately fighting for its independence - that included not only the armed attacks on the battlefield, but the smaller, everyday fights as well during which he tried hard to teach the Congolese combatants discipline and guerrilla warfare that they had never heard about.
As always, he speaks in his usual honest and sharp way - he criticises the situation, the people around him and himself. He never hesitates to admit his own mistakes.
We can get an interesting insight into such a world that we could have never had the opportunity to experience.

Check out the quotes: [Quotes from the Congo Diary]
 

Mára újabb érdekes idézeteket gyűjtöttem - természetesen angol nyelven, hiszen ezen a nyelven olvastam el ezt a két könyvet, Che naplóit a kubai és a bolíviai hadjáratból. 
Jó szórakozást hozzájuk!

Idézetek a Diary of a Combatant (mivel még nem fordították le, így nincs hivatalos magyar címe, de szó szerinti fordításban: "Egy harcos naplója") című könyvből: [megnézem]

Idézetek a Bolivian Diary (Bolíviai napló) című könyvből: [megnézem]
 

For today, I have collected new, interesting quotes out of Che's diaries from the Cuban and the Bolivian campaign.
Enjoy!

Quotes from the Diary of a Combatant: [check them out]

Quotes from the Bolivian Diary: [check them out]
 

A mai nap témája a Che Guevara által írt Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War című könyv, amely a kubai forradalom alatt vezetett naplóin és cikkein alapul. Sajnos magyar nyelvre még nem fordították le, így csupán az angolul tudók élvezhetik Che őszinte és szókimondó írását.

Kigyűjtöttem a legérdekesebb - angol nyelvű - idézeteket:

[Idézetek: Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War]
  

The topic of today is Che Guevara's book, the Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, that was based on his diaries and his articles written during the Cuban Revolution. A really honest and outspoken writing.

Here I have collected the most interesting quotes:

[Quotes: Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War]