The key to economic prosperity is the organized creation of dissatisfaction.
I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
We Marxists believe that revolution will occur in other countries, as well. But it will occur at a time when it will be considered possible or necessary by revolutionaries of those countries.
Yes, the electoral struggle [in U. S. S. R. ] will be animated. It will proceed around numerous very sharp questions, namely, practical questions having first-rate significance for the people.
Only when we succeed in creating such an order under which people receive for their labor from the society not according to the quantity and quality of labor, but according to their needs, will it be possible to say that we have built up a communist society.
I have in mind repeated statements by Japanese military men containing threats against other states.
[State] finds [frontier] either with the aid of force, as in 1914, when Germany invaded Belgium in order to deal a blow against France or it "borrows" a frontier, such as Germany did with regard to Latvia, for instance, in 1918, in attempting to break through to Leningrad across Latvia.
I'm not just buying a car - I'm buying a lifestyle!
When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.
It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines.
You know, the next time you're guilty of anything, the next time you're charged with anything, try saying, "Hey, hey, hey, I didn't mean to run the stop sign. " Or, "I didn't mean to leave the bar and get behind the wheel. I really didn't. I didn't mean to get behind the wheel after having some adult beverages. " See if that works for you. And if you're saying it's not the same thing, yes, it is.