"The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening."
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"Before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable."
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"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains."
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"Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently."
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"Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud."
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"There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy."
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"Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor."
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"Freedom only for supporters of the government, only for the members of one party - however numerous they may be - is no freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. Not because of any fanatical concept of 'justice' but because all that is instructive, wholesome and purifying in political freedom depends on this essential characteristic, and its effectiveness vanishes when 'freedom' becomes a special privilege."
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"The most revolutionary act is a clear view of the world as it really is."
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"The working classes in every country only learn to fight in the course of their struggles."
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"We will be victorious if we have not forgotten how to learn."
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"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism."
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"Only to the rude ear of one who is quite indifferent does the song of a bird seem always the same."
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"Friedrich Engels once said: "Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism." What does "regression into barbarism" mean to our lofty European civilization? Until now, we have all probably read and repeated these words thoughtlessly, without suspecting their fearsome seriousness. A look around us at this moment shows what the regression of bourgeois society into barbarism means. This world war is a regression into barbarism. The triumph of imperialism leads to the annihilation of civilization."
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"Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an historical necessity, but, so too, its grave digger, the socialist proletariat."
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"Marxism is a revolutionary worldview that must always struggle for new revelations."
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"The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process."
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"Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element. Public life gradually falls asleep, a few dozen party leaders of inexhaustible energy and boundless experience direct and rule. Such conditions must inevitably cause a brutalization of public life: attempted assassinations, shootings of hostages, etc."
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"Capitalism, as a result of its own inner contradictions, moves toward a point when it will be unbalanced, when it will simply become impossible."
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"The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built."
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