Armed Struggle Quotes

• I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here.

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi

  Christian, Struggle, People

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• In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.

  Gerry Adams

  Struggle, Eye, Past

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• The IRA has abandoned its armed struggle in pursuit of its goals by political means. This must be fully acknowledged. Continued challenge does nothing but obstruct and inhibit the peace process.

  James T. Walsh

  Struggle, Mean, Goal

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• Act after having made assessments. The one who first knows the measure of far and near wins - this is the rule of armed struggle.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Struggle, Winning

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.123, Shambhala Publications

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• Without armed struggle neither the proletariat, nor the people, nor the Communist Party would have any standing at all in China and it would be impossible for the revolution to triumph. In these years [the eighteen years since the founding of the Party] the development, consolidation and bolshevization of our Party have proceeded in the midst of revolutionary wars; without armed struggle the Communist Party would assuredly not be what it is today. Comrades throughout the Party must never forget this experience for which we have paid in blood.

  Mao Zedong

  Peace, War, Party

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.38, Lulu.com

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• The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.

  Abu Abbas

  Struggle, Goal, Political

  "Abu Abbas: from terrorist to peace advocate" by Rob Reynolds, www.cnn.com. May 10, 1996.

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• We don't want to impose our solutions by force, we want to create a democratic space. We don't see armed struggle in the classic sense of previous guerrilla wars, that is as the only way and the only all-powerful truth around which everything is organized. In a war, the decisive thing is not the military confrontation but the politics at stake in the confrontation. We didn't go to war to kill or be killed. We went to war in order to be heard.

  Subcomandante Marcos

  Powerful, Military, War

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• The armed struggle is not ending just now. We are upholding a ceasefire. We have our arms with us.

  Robert Mugabe

  Struggle, Arms, Ceasefire

  Source: www.revolutionarycommunist.org

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• The main form of struggle is war; the main form of organization is the army... . Without armed struggle there would be no place for the proletariat, there will be no place for the people, there will be no place for the Communist Party, and there will be no victory in revolution.

  Mao Zedong

  War, Party, Struggle

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• I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.

  Evo Morales

  Struggle, Want, Way

  "Evo Morales Has Plans for Bolivia". Interview with America Vera-Zavala, inthesetimes.com. December 18, 2005.

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• Armed struggle is a necessary and morally correct form of resistance in the Six Counties against a government whose presence is rejected by the vast majority of the Irish people There are those who tell us that the British government will not be moved by armed struggle. As has been said before, the history of Ireland and of British colonial involvement throughout the world tells us that they will not be moved by anything else.

  Gerry Adams

  Struggle, Government, People

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• We will defend our victory through armed struggle. We will have to do that.

  Robert Mugabe

  Struggle, Victory

  Source: www.revolutionarycommunist.org

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• Why are so many problems today perceived as problems of intolerance, rather than as problems of inequality, exploitation, or injustice? Why is the proposed remedy tolerance, rather than emancipation, political struggle, or even armed struggle?

  Slavoj Žižek

  Struggle, Political, Tolerance

  Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek (2011). “Living in the End Times”, p.5, Verso

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• Two years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described the Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim as a vital part of Israel's national security and now he is going to leave. That is because of the 'effective armed struggle'.

  Zuheir Mohsen

  Islamic, Struggle, Years

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• Our militant union with peoples which still have to carry on an armed struggle against the colonialists constitutes an important element of our line in international affairs.

  Leonid Brezhnev

  Struggle, Important, Elements

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