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The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.

Leon Trotsky

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
Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.
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Master Technique
It is also false that the revolution ripens and comes to development only in the national soil.
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Development Fake National Revolution
He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.
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Execution Victim
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
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Patriotic People Reality
Is it possible to fulfill this task, is it possible to achieve the definite victory of Socialism in one country without the combined efforts of the proletarians of several advanced countries? No, it is impossible.
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Country Fulfill Impossible Possible Task
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.
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Aspect Blind Force History Humanity Man Society Summary
Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.
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Communism Democracy Need Oxygen
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
Revolutionary realism tries to draw the maximum advantage from every situation – that is what makes it revolutionary – but at the same time it does not permit us to set ourselves fantastic aims – that is what makes it realistic.
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Advantage Draw Ourselves Revolution Time Try
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
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.
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Believe Force Gravity
Our differences with [Joseph] Stalin are entirely of a strategical character.
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Character Difference Ourselves
Tell me anyway–Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
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Compare Finding Lying Truth
If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one’s life, without seeing oneself in the “mirror” of literature?
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Literature Mirror Shave
Root out the counter revolutionaries without mercy, lock up suspicious characters in concentration camps… Shirkers will be shot, regardless of past service.
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Camp Character Revolution Service

The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.

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