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Before A Revolution Happens, It Is Perceived As Impossible; After It Happens, It Is Seen As Having Been Inevitable.

Being Human Means Throwing Your Whole Life On The Scales Of Destiny When Need Be, All The While Rejoicing In Every Sunny Day And Every Beautiful Cloud.

The Self-discipline Of The Social Democracy Is Not Merely The Replacement Of The Authority Of Bourgeois Rulers With The Authority Of A Socialist Central Committee. The Working Class Will Acquire The Sense Of The New Discipline, The Freely Assumed Self-discipline Of The Social Democracy, Not As A Result Of The Discipline Imposed On It By The Capitalist State, But By Extirpating, To The Last Root, Its Old Habits Of Obedience And Servility.

The High Stage Of World-industrial Development In Capitalistic Production Finds Expression In The Extraordinary Technical Development And Destructiveness Of The Instruments Of War.

Life Is Singing Also In The Sand Crunching Under The Slow And Heavy Steps Of The Guards, When We Know How To Listen To It.