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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.

Leon Trotsky

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
Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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Each Other Harmony Social
Let us not forget that revolutions are accomplished through people, although they be nameless. Materialism does not ignore the feeling, thinking, and acting man, but explains him.
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Accomplishment Act Explanation Forget Man Name Revolution
In the appendix to my History of the Russian Revolution I give a detailed and documented study of the ideas of the Bolshevik party on the October revolution. This study, I hope, will make it impossible in the future to ascribe to [Vladimir] Lenin the theory of Socialism in a single country.
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Country Detail History Hope Ideas Impossible Myself Revolution Willing
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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Ideas Mindset Secure
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
The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.
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State Statute Stupidity Vulgar
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.
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Complete Decision Force Necessary
You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on – into the dustbin of history!
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History Individual Isolate Yourself
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
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End Justification Philosophy
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
As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness!
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Beautiful Breathe Fight Future Happiness Hope Horizon
The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Country Fear State Strong Terrify
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
The motive force of history is truth and not lies.
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Force History Man Motive
He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.
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Execution Victim

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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