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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.

Leon Trotsky

The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.
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History Powerful Revenge Secretary
Where the sole employer is the state, [opposition] means death by slow starvation.
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Death Employee Starve
The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Country Fear State Strong Terrify
I emphasized the significance of revolutionary strategy.
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Revolution Significance Strategy
If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one’s life, without seeing oneself in the “mirror” of literature?
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Literature Mirror Shave
Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.
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Conscious Protect Revolution
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
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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Ideas Mindset Secure
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
When one runs with the wolves, one must howl with the pack.
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Run Togetherness Wolf
The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces – in nature, in society, in man himself.
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Aspect Blind Force History Humanity Man Society Summary
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
I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
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Feeling Success Time
The motive force of history is truth and not lies.
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Force History Man Motive
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
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Patriotic People Reality
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
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Abuse Privilege Right Stupidity

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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