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You opposed fascism, then you ditched communism.'No, I didn’t. Communism ditched me by turning into Stalinism'.

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Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, t...more

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For the movement was without scruples; she rolled towards her goal unconcernedly and deposed the corpses of the drowned in the windings of her course....more

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The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

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Ivanov- "Up to now , all revolutions have been made by moralizing diletantes. They were always in good faith and perished because of their dilettantis...more

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History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes.

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...The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom of the Press, of opinion and of movement are as thoroughly e...more

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It was quiet in the cell. Rubashov heard only the creaking of his steps on the tiles. Six and a half steps to the door, whence they must come to fetch...more

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I don't approve of mixing ideologies," Ivanov continued. "There are only two conceptions of human ethics, and they are at opposite poles. One of them ...more

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Much depends on asking the right question at the right time.