“It's not the possibility of Stalinism in the U.S. that's worrying me, it's the fact that the Stalinist C.P. seems doomed to fail and to bring down with it all the humanitarian tendencies I personally believe in--all the while acting as a mould on which its obverse the fascist mentality is made--and this recent massacre is certainly a sign of Stalinism's weakness not of its strength. None of that has anything to do with Marx's work--but it certainly does influence one's attitude towards a given political party.” BelieveDoeMadeFactsSeemsPoliticalPoliticsGivenPartyActingAttitudeWorryFailingInfluencePossibilityWeaknessHumanitarianTendenciesCommunismMentalityDoomedPolitical PartiesFascistsMassacresMouldStalinism Author:John Dos Passos
“They took care to represent government as a thing made up of mysteries, which only themselves understood, and they hid from the understanding of the nation, the only thing that was beneficial to know, namely, that government is nothing more than a national association acting on the principles of society.” KnowsMadeGovernmentCarePoliticalPoliticsNationsUnderstandingActingPrinciplesMysteryUnderstoodAssociationBeneficial Book:Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution Source: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.” ActionPoliticsActingSilenceEconomyPresidentialLiberalismIdealismAssassinsWords And ActionsGreat PresidentsIdealism And Realism Author:Herbert Hoover