# Quote — Ernesto Che Guevara, Guerrilla Warfare

> From the very beginning of the struggle he has the intention of destroying an unjust order and therefore an intention, more or less hidden, to replace the old with something new.

- Author: [Ernesto Che Guevara](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernesto-che-guevara.md)
- Book: [Guerrilla Warfare](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernesto-che-guevara/guerrilla-warfare.md)
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> We consider that the Cuban Revolution contributed three fundamental lessons to the conduct of revolutionary movements in America. They are: (1) Popular forces can win a war against the army. (2) It is not necessary to wait until all conditions for making revolution exist; the insurrection can create them. (3) In underdeveloped America the countryside is the basic area for armed fighting.

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> Assaults and terrorism in indiscriminate form should not be employed.

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> War is always a struggle in which each contender tries to annihilate the other. Besides using force, they will have recourse to all possible tricks and stratagems in order to achieve the goal.

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