Surely you do not imagine that we shall be victorious without applying the most cruel revolutionary terror?
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What we prize most is peace and an opportunity to devote all our efforts to restoring our economy.
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When the speeches of Wilson, Clemenceau, and Lloyd George, the worst of the predators, the wild beasts of imperialism, are repeated here by Martov in the name of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, then I say to myself that we have to be on the alert and to realise that the Cheka is indispensable!
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We can't expect to get anywhere unless we resort to terrorism: speculators must be shot on the spot. Moreover, bandits must be dealt with just as resolutely: they must be shot on the spot.
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To be successful, insurrection must rely not upon conspiracy and not upon a party, but upon the advanced class. That is the first point. Insurrection must rely upon a revolutionary upsurge of the people. That is the second point. Insurrection must rely upon that turning-point in the history of the growing revolution when the activity of the advanced ranks of the people is at its height, and when the vacillations in the ranks of the enemy and in the ranks of the weak, half-hearted and irresolute friends of the revolution are strongest. That is the third point. And these three conditions for raising the question of insurrection distinguish Marxism from Blanquism.
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Only by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved.
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In the two months following the revolution the industrialists have robbed the whole of Russia.
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When people charge us with harshness we wonder how they can forget the rudiments of Marxism.
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Prepare everything to burn Baku to the ground, if there is an attack.
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America has become one of the foremost countries in regard to the depth of the abyss which lies between the handful of arrogant multimillionaires who wallow in filth and luxury, and the millions of working people who constantly live on the verge of pauperism.
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