Divine Plagiarism

"Racist" is a confusing word, and it should be clarified. Men have no special rights simply because they belong to one race or another. Whey you say "men," you have already imbued them with all their rights. To insist on racial divisions, on racial differences, in an already divided people, is to place obstacles in the way of public and individual happiness, which can only be obtained by bringing people together as a nation... What right do white racists, who believe their race is superior, have for complaining about black racists, who see something special in their own race? What right do black racists, who see a special character in their race, have for complaining about white racists? White men who think their race makes them superior to black men admit the idea of racial difference and authorize and initiate black racists. Black men who proclaim their race — when what they are really proclaiming is the spiritual identity that distinguishes one ethnic group from another — authorize and incite white racists. Peace demands of Nature the recognition of human rights; discrimination is contrary to Nature and to the enemy of peace. Whites who isolate themselves also isolate Blacks. Blacks who isolate themselves incite and isolate whites... Everything that divides men, everything that specifies, separates or pens them, is a sin against humanity.
- Mi Raza.

There can be no racial animosity, because there are no races. The theorist and feeble thinkers string together and warm over the bookshelf races which the well-disposed observer and the fair-minded traveller vainly seek in the justice of Nature where man's universal identity springs forth from triumphant love and the turbulent huger for life. The soul, equal and eternal, emanates from bodies of different shapes and colors. Whoever foments and spreads antagonism and hate between the races, sins against humanity.
- Our America.

Vale más morir de pie que vivir arrodillado. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
- Unsourced (NOT Ernesto Guevara.)

Mankind is composed of two sorts of men — those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy.
- "Letters to a Cuban Farmer."
(Posted on the walls of Gus' Corona Cafe, Hurlburt Field, FL.)

In memory of the forgotten heroes of the Aerea Fuerza de Cuba Libre and the Alabama Air National Guard. Viva Cuba Libre.