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Russian Communist theorist and agitator, a leader in Russia's October Revolution in 1917. 1879-1940 | | Quotes: 21 - 33 of 33 | Pages: First Previous 1 2 | | | | | | The dialectic is not a magic master key for all questions. It does not replace concrete scientific analysis. But it directs this analysis along the correct road, securing it against sterile wanderings in the desert of subjectivism and scholasticism. | | Uncategorized | | | The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. | | Uncategorized | | | The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion. | | Marxism | | | The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces -- in nature, in society, in man himself. | | Uncategorized | | | The permanent revolution, in the sense which Marx attached to this concept, means a revolution which makes no compromise with any single form of class rule, which does not stop at the democratic stage, which goes over to socialist measures and to war against reaction from without; that is, a revolution whose every successive stage is rooted in the preceding one and which can end only in complete liquidation. | | Uncategorized | | | The slanders poured down like Niagara. If you take into consideration the setting -- the war and the revolution -- and the character of the accused -- revolutionary leaders of millions who were conducting their party to the sovereign power -- you can say without exaggeration that July 1917 was the month of the most gigantic slander in world history. | | Uncategorized | | | There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. | | Uncategorized | | | 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. | | Uncategorized | | | | | Under all conditions well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points. | | Uncategorized | | | 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. | | Uncategorized | | | You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on / into the dustbin of history! | | Uncategorized | | | You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you. | | Uncategorized | | | | | | | |
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