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Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.

Leon Trotsky

Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
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Government Ignorance Religion Tragedy
The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.
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Communist Form Maintain Violence
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
The history of a revolution is for us first of all a history of the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny.
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Destiny Entrance Force History Revolution Rule
The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Country Fear State Strong Terrify
Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one’s enemies.
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Carry Dangerous Enemy Learning
He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.
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Execution Victim
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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Ideas Mindset Secure
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.
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Complete Decision Force Necessary
Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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Each Other Harmony Social
If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
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Discussion Greatness Mistake Time
I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
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Feeling Success Time
Once again, he who ignores the problems of revolutionary strategy would do better not to talk about revolutions at all.
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Better Ignorance Problem Revolution Talk
Look back at history – those who guided the revolution in the time of its culmination never kept their leading positions long after the turning point.
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Guide History Leadership Position Time
When one runs with the wolves, one must howl with the pack.
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Run Togetherness Wolf
The main task of Socialism – the organization of Socialist production – remains still in the future.
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Future Organization Socialism Task

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