"And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders"

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Source : Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl

Ernest Mandel

#Leader Quotes #Groups Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.”
“I think motherhood is just about instinct. I remember coming home from the hospital and having no idea what we were doing.”
“The wonders of the music of the future will be of a higher & wider scale and will introduce many sounds that the human ear is now incapable of hearing. Among these new sounds will be the glorious music of angelic chorales. As men hear these they will cease to consider Angels as figments of their imagination.”
“I had a unique privilege to have a good start in life and a chance to develop my talents.”
“The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition.”

Source : Letter to U.S. Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland, May 27, 1885.
“Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.”
“We'll be back. I promise you that.”
“If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour's eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour's case.”

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