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As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle of the “sacredness of human life” remains a shameful lie, uttered with the object of keeping the oppressed slaves in their chains.

Leon Trotsky

Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.
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Communism Democracy Need Oxygen
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
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.
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Complete Decision Force Necessary
Tell me anyway–Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
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Compare Finding Lying Truth
The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Country Fear State Strong Terrify
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
Our differences with [Joseph] Stalin are entirely of a strategical character.
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Character Difference Ourselves
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
If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
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Convince Head Yourself
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
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Age Expectation Man Old
Where the sole employer is the state, [opposition] means death by slow starvation.
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Death Employee Starve
The fall of the present bureaucratic dictatorship [in the Soviet Union], if it were not replaced by a new socialist power, would thus mean a return to capitalist relations with a catastrophic decline of industry and culture.
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Decline Dictatorship Fall Industry Present Replacement
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.
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Agreement Blow Bold Decisive Force Necessary
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
There is no justice in bureaucracy for the individual, for bureaucracy caters only to itself. One cannot practice the same bureaucracy as one is fighting against.
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Fight Government Individual Justice Practice
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

As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle of the “sacredness of human life” remains a shameful lie, uttered with the object of keeping the oppressed slaves in their chains.

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As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle of the “sacredness of human life” remains a shameful lie, uttered with the object of keeping the oppressed slaves in their chains.

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