“I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.” WorldSeemsStrongEnemyVictoryAbsolutesUnionsConvictionHeroismPassiveHeartbeatRigorRigor Mortis Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Anyone who would understand the Reagan victory of 1980 and the movement that eliminated the Soviet Union and revitalized America must read-indeed must study-Craig Shirley's brilliant, comprehensive work.” AmericaStudyMovementVictoryUnionsBrilliantSovietSoviet UnionComprehensive Author:Newt Gingrich
“The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness of the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear forces, the United States would not be able to deal a crippling blow to the socialist countries. The aggressor will not be able to evade an all-crushing retaliatory strike.” KnowsShouldCountryStatesUseAbleForceUnitedDealsUnited StatesModernVictoryWeaponsUnionsBlowStrikesNuclearCrushCombatSovietNuclear WeaponsSocialistSoviet UnionStrategicReadinessAggressorsDetectionSocialist Countries Author:Dmitriy Ustinov
“An act of renunciation is an act of union with God. The Divine Master looks lovingly upon a person who gains a victory over self.” LooksPersonsSelfDivineMastersVictoryGainsUnionsRenunciation Author:Madeleine Sophie Barat
“NATO and the USA wanted a complete victory over the Soviet Union. They wanted to sit on the throne in Europe alone.” WantedVictoryEuropeUnionsUsaSovietThronesSoviet UnionNato Author:Vladimir Putin
“In spite of the existence of the Soviet Union, however, the proletarian revolution during the past years has not recorded a victory in any other country.” YearsCountryPastExistenceRevolutionVictoryUnionsSpiteSovietOther CountriesSoviet Union Author:Leon Trotsky
“It is therefore not true that the mere existence of the Soviet Union is capable of assuring the victory of the revolution in other countries.” CountryExistenceRevolutionVictoryCapableUnionsMereSovietOther CountriesSoviet Union Author:Leon Trotsky
“I had relatives in New York City who I stayed with. And in those days, the area from Union Square down Fourth Avenue had small bookstores, many of which were run by Spanish immigrants who'd fled after [Francisco] Franco's victory. I spent time in them, and also in the offices of Freie Arbeiter Stimme (Free Worker's Voice) with anarchists. I picked up a lot of material and talked to people, and it became a major influence.” PeopleRunningVoiceCitiesInfluenceNew YorkMaterialsVictoryOfficeMajorsAreasUnionsWorkersImmigrantsNew York CitySquaresFourthAvenuesAnarchistBookstoresFrancoFrancisco Franco Author:Noam Chomsky
“Jeremy Corbyn couldn't have won without Labour changing its leadership election rules in 2014, but which more importantly got rid of the electoral college that had given MPs a third of the say over who leads the party. That's why Diane Abbott came last when she ran for leader in 2010, even though in the absolute number of votes she came third out of five. It's one of those wonderful historical ironies that the change to the rules was a victory for the Labour right, the result of a push back against the unions who had been asserting themselves more forcefully within the party.” LastsGivenResultsPartyNumbersLeaderFiveWonderfulCollegeVictoryVoteThirdsAbsolutesElectionUnionsHistoricalIronyRanLabourElectoral CollegeMps Author:Alex Nunns
“Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.” MenPassionLiteratureMastersVictoryFemaleUnionsBeastShamelessWedlock Author:Aeschylus
“Embraces do not matter; they merely indicate the will to love and may as well be followed by defeat as victory. But disregard means that now there needs to be no straining of the eyes, no stretching forth of the hands, no pressing of the lips, because theirs is such a union that they are no longer aware of the division of their flesh.” NeedsWellsMayMeanMatterHandsEyeVictoryEmbraceUnionsDefeatLipsFleshDivisionStretchingDisregard Book:Rebecca West, a celebration Source: Rebecca West, a celebration
“Stop comparing or boast at your victories. He was referring to enormous vitality and strength of God of Jesus seeking union with us. The living acts of a Christian become somehow the acts of Christ.” ChristianJesusChristVictoryUnionsSeekingEnormousCompareBoastVitalityReferring Author:Brennan Manning
“In short, Israel is the measure of our failings and our incompetence. We have waited for a great leader for years, but none came; we have waited for a mighty military victory, but we were defeated roundly; we have waited for outside powers (the United States or, in its time, the Soviet Union), but none came to our aid. The one thing we have not tried in all seriousness has been to rely on OURSELVES: until we do that with a full commitment to success there is no chance that we can advance towards self-determination and freedom from aggression.” YearsSelfChanceLeaderFailingOne ThingMilitaryVictoryCommitmentDeterminationUnionsIsraelAidsRelySovietSelf DeterminationAggressionDefeatedSoviet UnionSeriousnessGreat LeaderIncompetence Author:Edward Said
“World dictatorship can be established only when the victory of socialism has been achieved in certain countries or groups of countries ... [and] when these federation of republics have finally grown into a world union of Soviet Socialist Republics uniting the whole of mankind under the hegemony of the international proletariat organized as a state.” WorldHas BeensCountryStatesWholeCertainGroupsMankindVictoryUnionsHistoricalInternationalSocialismOrganizedRepublicSovietDictatorshipSocialistProletariatHegemonyUnitingFederation Author:Joseph Stalin