Quotes of Aimé Césaire - somelinesforyou

“ Écoutez le monde blanc horriblement las de son effort immense ses articulations rebelles craquer sous les étoiles dures ses raideurs d'acier bleu transperçant la chair mystique écoute ses victoires proditoires trompeter ses défaites écoute aux alibis grandioses son piètre trébuchement Pitié pour nos vainquers omniscients et naïfs ! ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ In the whole world no poor devil is lynched, no wretch is tortured, in whom I too am not degraded and murdered. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ In the whole world no poor devil is lynched, no wretch is tortured, in whom I too am not degraded and murdered. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, out of Sundays dancing, children's words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead. ”

- Aime Cesaire

“ When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead. ”

- Aime Cesaire
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