Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
?The party that leans upon the workers but serves the bourgeoisie, in the period of the greatest sharpening of the class struggle, cannot but sense the smells wafted from the waiting grave.
Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.
Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
I was not prepared to play the role of singer in the camp of the warriors
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.
There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.
England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.
You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.
Tell me anyway–Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory!
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
It is unquestionably true that the need for art is not created by economic conditions. But neither is the need for food created by economics. On the contrary, the need for food and warmth creates economics.
Between his consciousness and events stood always that impenetrable medium – indifference.
…capitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling.
Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain – at least in a poor country like Russia – and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.
Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.
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