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In 1917 there was not a single Bolshevik who considered possible the realization of a socialist society in a single country, and least of all in Russia.

Leon Trotsky

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.
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Particular Possible Quite Violence
He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.
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Execution Victim
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.
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Accident Democracy Limitation Method Threat
In 1917 there was not a single Bolshevik who considered possible the realization of a socialist society in a single country, and least of all in Russia.
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Country Possible Realization Social
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.
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Easy Frustration Greatness Life Misery Personal Raise Weakness
The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.
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Communist Form Maintain Violence
Where the sole employer is the state, [opposition] means death by slow starvation.
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Death Employee Starve
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.
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Condition Custom Depth Moral Reserve Strength
The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.
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State Statute Stupidity Vulgar
As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness!
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Beautiful Breathe Fight Future Happiness Hope Horizon
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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Ideas Mindset Secure
The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Country Fear State Strong Terrify
The usages and methods of warfare are thus determined by changing circumstances and, therefore, they themselves can in nowise be eternal.
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Determination Forever Method Usage
You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.
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Interest Motivational Strategy Yourself
Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
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Change Endurance Relative World
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
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Abuse Privilege Right Stupidity

In 1917 there was not a single Bolshevik who considered possible the realization of a socialist society in a single country, and least of all in Russia.

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