#proletariat

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

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Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist. ↗

— Friedrich Engels

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This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All tactics that are not based on this are false, and lead the proletariat to terrible defeat. ↗

— Herman Gorter

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What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western Europe stands all alone: that it has no prospect of any help whatsoever from any other class? ↗

— Herman Gorter

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We are the party of the Czechoslovak proletariat and our general headquarters are in Moscow. ↗

— Klement Gottwald

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Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

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Social democracy... is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood, and flesh from their flesh. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

#blood #democracy #flesh #guard #masses

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It's the same thing. ↗

— Graham Greene

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