There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.
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Anand Thakur
There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.
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I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
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The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship.
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I don’t think that the contradictions between capitalism and socialism can be resolved by war. This is no longer the age of the bow and arrow. It’s the nuclear age, and war can annihilate us all. The only way to achieve solutions seems to be for the different social systems to coexist.
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If religious feeling is put in opposition to social change, then it does become an opium, but if it is joined to the struggle for social change then it is a wonderful medicine.
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Condemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me.
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Nothing in the world is irreversible, not even capitalism.
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Sovereignty is not negotiated in exchange for anything; to maintain the achievements of the revolution does not depend on a foreign power.
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Quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.
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Everyone is a poet at 16, but how many are poets at 50? Generally, people seem to get more conservative as they age, but in my case, I seem to have gotten more radical.
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One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.
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I am not a follower of Moscow, but its victim.
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There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?
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The Alliance for Progress is an alliance between one millionaire and many beggars.
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Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses.
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The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.
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