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Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.

If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.

The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls 'inspiration.'

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

The usages and methods of warfare are thus determined by changing circumstances and, therefore, they themselves can in nowise be eternal.

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!

Revolutions are always verbose.

When one runs with the wolves, one must howl with the pack.

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.

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.

The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].

Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade McDonald abuses the privilege.

Our party's most outstanding mediocrity.

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.

Tell me anyway
Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.

One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old

Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.

Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.

Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.

The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.

Between his consciousness and events stood always that impenetrable medium - indifference.

He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.

Culture feeds on the sap of economics, and a material surplus is necessary, so that culture may grow, develop and become subtle.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that can happen to a man.

Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.

Revolution is impossible until it's inevitable.

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.

Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

Fascism is a caricature of Jacobinism.

Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.

Capitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling.

Where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation

The motive force of history is truth and not lies.

Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.

If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

In the meantime, the first characteristic of a really revolutionary party is -- to be able to look reality in the face.

I was not prepared to play the role of singer in the camp of the warriors

Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.

You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.

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

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one's own and that of other people.

A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.

You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.

I feel here that this time they have succeeded.

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.

Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.

The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.