Thomas Sankara Quotes

Thomas Sankara — Politician born on December 21, 1949, died on October 15, 1987

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Viewed by supporters as a charismatic and iconic figure of revolution, he is commonly referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara"... (wikipedia)

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

Let there be an end to the arrogance of the big powers who miss no opportunity to put the rights of the people in question. Africa's absence from the club of those who have the right to veto is unjust and should be ended.

It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future.

The French revolution taught us the rights of man.

I can hear the roar of women's silence.

Thomas Sankara Quotes

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