Thomas Sankara

“While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas.”

“He who feeds you, controls you.”

“We must dare to invent the future.”

“Our revolution in Burkina Faso draws on the totality of man's experiences since the first breath of humanity.”

“The revolution and women's liberation go together. We do not talk of women's emancipation as an act of charity or because of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the revolution to triumph.”

“Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa, aimed at subjugating its growth and development through foreign rules.”

“Without patriotic political education, a soldier is only a potential criminal.”

“You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness.”

“Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer territory. Imperialism often occurs in more subtle forms, a loan, an aid package, blackmail.”

“There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women.”

“We have to work at decolonizing our mentality and achieving happiness within the limits of sacrifice we should be willing to make.”

“Our country produces enough to feed us all. We can even produce more. Alas, for lack of organization, we are forced to beg for food aid.”

“The enemies of a people are those who keep them in ignorance.”

“I want people to remember me as a man whose life has been helpful to humanity.”