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

Leon Trotsky

Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory!
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Man Place Victory Woman Work
If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
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Discussion Greatness Mistake Time
All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe. The only party that will survive is the party of the world socialist revolution.
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Capital Catastrophe Moral Party Revolution Social Society Survive
Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
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Government Ignorance Religion Tragedy
In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a dictator substitutes himself for the central committee.
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Committee Himself Organization Party Politics
Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.
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Communism Democracy Need Oxygen
I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
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Feeling Success Time
The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.
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State Statute Stupidity Vulgar
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
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Abuse Privilege Right Stupidity
Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain – at least in a poor country like Russia – and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.
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Country Effect Finding Man Production Vehicle
Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.
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Capital Fascism One Liner Reaction
The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].
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Candidate Election People Right
Our party’s most outstanding mediocrity.
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Average Outstanding Party
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
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
If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
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Convince Head Yourself

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

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