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Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.

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
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
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
Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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Each Other Harmony Social
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
Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavorable objective conditions.
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Condition Correct Objective Victory
Fascism is a caricature of Jacobinism.
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Fascism Religion
The struggle against war and its social source, capitalism, presupposes direct, active, unequivocal support to the oppressed colonial peoples in their struggles and wars against imperialism. A ‘neutral’ position is tantamount to support of imperialism.
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Colonial Imperialism Struggle Support War
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
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Age Expectation Man Old
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
The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Country Fear State Strong Terrify
In spite of the existence of the Soviet Union, however, the proletarian revolution during the past years has not recorded a victory in any other country.
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Country Existence Record Revolution
Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.
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Humiliation Language Oneself People Swear
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
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 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

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