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If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.

Leon Trotsky

Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
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Abuse Privilege Right Stupidity
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
One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old.
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Life Old Oneself Realize Surprise
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
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Patriotic People Reality
To overthrow the power of the bourgeoisie and to establish the power of the proletariat in one country still does not signify the full victory of Socialism.
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Establishment Power Socialism Victory
The theory of the permanent revolution, in contradiction to the theory of socialism in one country, was recognized by the entire Bolshevik party during the period from 1917 to 1923.
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Contradiction Permanent Recognition Revolution Theory
A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.
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End Justification Need
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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Ideas Mindset Secure
The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].
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Candidate Election People Right
I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
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Feeling Success Time
When one runs with the wolves, one must howl with the pack.
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Run Togetherness Wolf
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
In the appendix to my History of the Russian Revolution I give a detailed and documented study of the ideas of the Bolshevik party on the October revolution. This study, I hope, will make it impossible in the future to ascribe to [Vladimir] Lenin the theory of Socialism in a single country.
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Country Detail History Hope Ideas Impossible Myself Revolution Willing
In France, the leader of Jacobinism perished on the guillotine; with us, the change of leadership was achieved by means of arrest and banishment. The technique of the process is gentler, but its essence is the same.
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Banishment Essence Leadership Name
It is quite clear that the German and Chinese revolutions in case of victory would have changed the face of Europe and Asia, and perhaps of the whole world.
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Clear Oneself Quite Revolution World
Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory!
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Man Place Victory Woman Work

If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.

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