“I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the …”

“I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ.... I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don't get nailed to a cross or any other place.”

— Che Guevara

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Title: Wikiquote: Che Guevara
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Context

Letter to his mother (July 15, 1956) as quoted in Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (1997) by Jon Lee Anderson

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Guevara, Che. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Che Guevara. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Che_Guevara

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