"The black man is a man of inferiority."

"The colonized man is an envious man. And this is one of the reasons why the settler, in his heart of hearts, is always on the alert: 'They want to take our place.' It is true that there is no native w…"

"The colonized man finds his freedom in and through violence."

"At the level of individuals, violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect."

"To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture."