"To be a Communist or to be somebody who believes in the future is a curious thing. So you have to live with people around you, you have to be with the people."

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Source : "'Exiles From the Future': An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.

Vijay Prashad

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Communist Quotes

“We still leave unblotted in the leaves of our statute book, for the reverence and admiration of successive ages, the just and wholesome law which declares that the sturdy felon shall be fed and clothed, and that the penniless debtor shall be left to die of starvation and nakedness. This is no fiction.”
“What is the alternative to understanding the complexity of the world?”
“Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.”
“The most exquisite paradox; as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all.”
“There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there, and if you need to have a serious conversation, you just gotta wait for the right time to do it.”
“When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?”
“This was an away-day for the deputy prime minister's staff, who've had a change of responsibilities [on John Prescott's scandalous playing habits... on the croquet lawn]”
“The White House says that the unemployment rate is good news because it means more people are looking for jobs. More good news like that, and everyone at the White House will be looking for jobs.”

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