Ernesto Che Guevara Quotes in Che: Part One (2008)

Lisa Howard: What is the most important quality for a revolutionary to possess?

Ernesto Che Guevara: El amor.

Cuban Diplomat #1: [translating] Love.

Lisa Howard: Love?

Cuban Diplomat #1: Love of humanity... of justice and truth. A real revolutionary goes where he is needed.

Ernesto Che Guevara: [addressing the United Nations in Spanish] Executions? Yes, we have executed. We execute, and we'll continue to execute.

Ernesto Che Guevara: Homeland or death!

[upon hearing that Batista has fled Cuba]

Ernesto Che Guevara: Nobody is going home on leave. We have only won the war. The revolution has just begun.

Ernesto Che Guevara: Ours is a fight to the death.

Ernesto Che Guevara: To survive here, to win... you have to live as if you've already died.

[last lines]

Ernesto Che Guevara: [to a Bolivian soldier about to execute him] Shoot. Do it.