“The difference between a communist party and a bourgeois party in State leadership is not a 'minor' one, but a very great, profound, class difference of principle, which cannot be reduced to the 'rotation' of party leaders in political power”
― Yugoslav "Self-Administration" - Capitalist Theory and Practice
― Yugoslav "Self-Administration" - Capitalist Theory and Practice
“Z pozornie nowych pomysłów wyłaniała się stara, gorzka prawda: szczęście ludzkości znajduje się na końcu ponurej, pełnej krzywd drogi. Kto wie, czy to nie ta świadomość wyzwoliła w Robespierze silne emocje religijne? Kto wie czy to nie ta myśl sprawiła, że w późniejszych dziesięcioleciach pewien nastrój religijny bywał mimo wszystko, choć dziwacznie, mocno zakorzeniony w ideologiach lewicowych?”
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“The worst slavery is that of heavily indoctrinated happy morons who adore their chains and cannot wait to thank their masters for the joy of their subservience.”
― Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism
― Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism
“To defend the oppressed against their oppressors, to plead the cause of the weak against the strong who exploit and crush them, this is the duty of all hearts that have not been spoiled by egoism and corruption.”
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“The people asks only for what is necessary, it only wants justice and tranquility, the rich aspire to everything, they want to invade and dominate everything. Abuses are the work and the domain of the rich, they are the scourges of the people: the interest of the people is the general interest, that of the rich is a particular interest.”
― Virtue and Terror
― Virtue and Terror
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