"The colonized subject is a man who is constantly searching for his own identity, for his own self."

"The settler's town is a strongly-built town, all of stone and steel. It is a brightly-lit town; the streets are paved with asphalt, and the garbage-cans swallow all the leavings, all the wet and dirty…"

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

"The settler is right when he speaks of knowing ‘them’ well. For it is the settler who has brought the native into existence and who perpetuates his existence."

"The colonized is a man who is constantly on the defensive, who is constantly reacting to the aggression of the colonizer."