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"Some comrades say that it is not advisable to speak openly of mistakes, since the open admission of mistakes may be construed by our enemies as weakness. This is rubbish. Open recognition of our mistakes & their honest rectification can only strengthen our Party." Josef Stalin

"[C]apitalists often boast that their constitutions guarantee the rights of the individual, democratic liberties and the interests of all citizens. [But] the working people do not really enjoy democratic freedoms; they are exploited all their life" Hồ Chí Minh

"[Women of the working class] must realize what the proletarian dictatorship means for them: complete equality with man in law and practice, in the family, in the state, in society; an end to the power of the bourgeoisie.” V. I. Lenin

"Bourgeois society stands at a crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism.” Rosa Luxemburg

"Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology... only by sapping the original sources of all wealth—the soil and the worker." Karl Marx

“We hold the truth itself to be revolutionary and we shall stand firm by its side.” Maurice Bishop

“Conceiving a development project without the participation of women is like using only four fingers when you have ten. It’s an invitation to failure.” Thomas Sankara

"If a white man wants to be your 'ally', what does he think of John Brown? You know what John Brown did? He went to war. He was a white man who went to war against white people to help free slaves." Malcolm X

"The life of a single human being is worth more than all the property of the richest man on earth." Che Guevara

"Nevertheless, at the end of my life I have the certainty that the GDR was not founded in vain. She sent a signal that socialism can be possible and better than capitalism." Erich Honecker

"Military action is a method used to attain a political goal. While military affairs and political affairs are not identical, it is impossible to isolate one from the other." Mao Zedong

“Capitalism is not just an economic system but an entire social order. Once it takes hold, it is not voted out of existence by electing socialists or communists.” Michael Parenti