Friedrich Engels: When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they cannot live—forces them, through the strong arm of the law, to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence—knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3634
Frank Zappa: The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3637
Lenin: In order to 'serve' the mass movement we must have people who will devote themselves exclusively to (revolutionary) activities, and that such people must train themselves patiently and steadfastly to be professional revolutionaries. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3638
Henry Winston: Leninism, the Marxism of the imperialist epoch, is THE ideological weapon of the working class. It is the scientific guide that enables the working class to combine its struggle with national liberation movements against imperialism. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3642
Walter Rodney: To complete the moral of the Rockefeller success story, it would be necessary to fill in the details on all the millions of people who had to be exploited in order for one man to become a multimillionaire. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3643
Winston Churchill: Except for brief and precarious interludes there has never been peace in the world; and long before history began murderous strife was universal and unending. You are a small exclamation mark at the end of a very long and insignificant sentence in the book of history. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3644
Enver Hoxha: The Arab peoples, our brothers, are brave and revolutionary peoples with a glorious past, an ancient culture and a bright future. Today, they are playing, and will continue to play, an important revolutionary role in the world. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3645
Mao Zedong: Contradiction and struggle are universal and absolute, but the methods of resolving contradictions, that is, the forms of struggle, differ according to the differences in the nature of the contradictions. Some contradictions are characterized by open antagonism and others are not. In accordance with the concrete development of things, some contradictions, which were originally non-antagonistic, develop into antagonistic ones, while others which were originally antagonistic develop into non-antagonistic ones. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3646
Mao Zedong: Inevitably, the bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie will give expression to their own ideologies. Inevitably, they will stubbornly express themselves on political and ideological questions by every possible means. You cannot expect them to do otherwise. We should not use the method of suppression and prevent them from expressing themselves, but should allow them to do so and at the same time argue with them and direct appropriate criticism at them. We must undoubtedly criticize wrong ideas of every description. It certainly would not be right to refrain from criticism, look on while wrong ideas spread unchecked and allow them to monopolize the field. Mistakes must be criticized and poisonous weeds fought wherever they crop up. However, such criticism should not be dogmatic, and the metaphysical method should not be used, but efforts should be made to apply the dialectical method. What is needed is scientific analysis and convincing argument. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3647
Mao Zedong: It (the counter-revolutionary rebellion in Hungary in 1956) was a case of reactionaries inside a socialist country, in league with the imperialists, attempting to achieve their conspiratorial aims by taking advantage of contradictions among the people to foment dissension and stir up disorder. This lesson of the Hungarian events merits attention. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3648
Kaysone Phomvihane: Planes, tanks, or dollars are not the deciding force in war; the unbeatable decisive force is the strength of those united, motivated, & determined to revolution, led by the Party. That force is in accordance with human evolution, & it is like a bright dawn. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3649
John Cusack: You don’t fight fascists because yr guaranteed to win - you fight fascists because they are fascists- and the people or the world have memory - know where these stories end. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3650
George Orwell: In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a bluebottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the police patrol, snooping into people’s windows. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3652
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3659
Enver Hoxha: Today, the imperialists call us the 'most closed country' in Europe. For good people, for friends and honest individuals... our country has always been open and remains so. But for enemies, saboteurs and provocateurs, it has been and will remain closed. https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote3664
