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Small: The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon w
Leo Tolstoy
"The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded"
Leo Tolstoy, Novelist
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Small: The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation,
Leo Tolstoy
"The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God"
Leo Tolstoy, Novelist
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Small: Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered
Leo Tolstoy
"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself"
Leo Tolstoy, Novelist
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Small: It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The peo
Joseph Stalin
"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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Small: Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas
Joseph Stalin
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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Small: I believe in one thing only, the power of human will
Joseph Stalin
"I believe in one thing only, the power of human will"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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Small: Death solves all problems - no man, no problem
Joseph Stalin
"Death solves all problems - no man, no problem"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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Small: You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves
Joseph Stalin
"You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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Small: We dont let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?
Joseph Stalin
"We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?"
Joseph Stalin, Leader
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Small: Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement
Vladimir Lenin
"Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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Small: Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever
Vladimir Lenin
"Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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Small: The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organi
Vladimir Lenin
"The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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Small: Sometimes - history needs a push
Vladimir Lenin
"Sometimes - history needs a push"
Vladimir Lenin, Leader
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Small: There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances
Leon Trotsky
"There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of conscious
Leon Trotsky
"The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end
Leon Trotsky
"The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves comple
Leon Trotsky
"The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man
Leon Trotsky
"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity
Leon Trotsky
"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless
Leon Trotsky
"Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes
Leon Trotsky
"If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes
Leon Trotsky
"If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever
Leon Trotsky
"Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction
Leon Trotsky
"Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward
Leon Trotsky
"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"
Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Small: I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly
Catherine the Great
"I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
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Small: You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I writ
Catherine the Great
"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings"
Catherine the Great, Royalty
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Small: If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen
"If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
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Small: Dont you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?
"Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?"
Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman
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Small: To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also
Igor Stravinsky
"To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune
Igor Stravinsky
"Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: The real composer thinks about his work the whole time he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of
Igor Stravinsky
"The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
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Small: Nature creates while destroying, and doesnt care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isnt extinguis
"Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights"
Ivan Turgenev, Novelist
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Small: A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present on
"A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away"
Ivan Turgenev, Novelist
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Small: I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man
Ayn Rand
"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine"
Ayn Rand, Writer
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Small: Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity
Ayn Rand
"Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice"
Ayn Rand, Writer
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Small: Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savages whole existence is public, ruled by the
Ayn Rand
"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men"
Ayn Rand, Writer
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Small: Money is the barometer of a societys virtue
Ayn Rand
"Money is the barometer of a society's virtue"
Ayn Rand, Writer
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Small: Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver
Ayn Rand
"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver"
Ayn Rand, Writer
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Small: This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song
"This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song"
Regina Spektor, Musician
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