Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
LEON TROTSKYIn 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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If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
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In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
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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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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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Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
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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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If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
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Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.
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Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full.
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Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.
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Where the sole employer is the state, [opposition] means death by slow starvation.
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The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion.
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Nowhere else did repressions, purges, suppressions, and all other kinds of bureaucratic hooliganism in general acquire such horrifying scope as in Ukraine, in the struggle against powerful forces concealed in the Ukrainian masses that desired more freedom and independence.
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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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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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