# Quote — Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

> As soon as they are born it is obvious to them that their cramped world, riddled with taboos, can only be challenged by out and out violence.

- Author: [Frantz Fanon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frantz-fanon.md)
- Book: [The Wretched of the Earth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frantz-fanon/the-wretched-of-the-earth.md)
- Page: 3
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/frantz-fanon/the-wretched-of-the-earth/as-soon-as-they

## More from this book

> The living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.

p. 144 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frantz-fanon/the-wretched-of-the-earth/the-living-expression.md)

> The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anticolonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.

p. 55 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frantz-fanon/the-wretched-of-the-earth/the-basic-confrontation.md)

> To destroy the colonial world means nothing less than demolishing the colonist's sector, burying it deep within the earth or banishing it from the territory.

p. 6 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frantz-fanon/the-wretched-of-the-earth/to-destroy-the.md)