"You should not do this, Comrade. We are……" — Herman Gorter
"You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage it is better to encourage the fighters than the rulers."
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Herman Gorter
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17 Quotes by Herman Gorter
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What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western Europe stands all alone: that…
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But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the masses. This can only be…
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There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.
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And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and…
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As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often…
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Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land,…
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To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one might even surmise that a…
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The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we expected.
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For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their…
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Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a…
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The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often terrible, they are not as…
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This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All tactics that are not based…
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