Herman Gorter quotes

“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.”
-- 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 it has no prospect of any help whatsoever from any other class?”
-- Herman Gorter

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“But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the masses. This can only be accomplished by the masses, the political parties and the Trade Unions, by means of the most severe struggle, also inwardly.”
-- Herman Gorter

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“There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.”
-- Herman Gorter

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“And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and two of the Scandinavian countries. Everywhere small and medium sized industry prevails.”
-- Herman Gorter

Source : "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin" by Herman Gorter, www.marxists.org. 1920.

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“As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food.”
-- Herman Gorter

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“Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held by the monasteries.”
-- Herman Gorter

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“To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one might even surmise that a revolt of the poor peasants in Western Europe might break out at any moment!”
-- Herman Gorter

Source : "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin" by Herman Gorter, www.marxists.org. 1920.

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“I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.”

“The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace.”

“Thus one of Europe's most serious crises will be ended, and all of us, not only in Germany but those far beyond our frontiers, will then in this year for the first time really rejoice at the Christmas festival. It should for us all be a true Festival of Peace.”

“I expect that my readers have been to Europe, I expect them to have some feeling for a foreign language, I expect them to have read books - there are a lot of people like that! That's my audience.”

“And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.”

Source : Alan Furst (2010). “Spies of the Balkans: A Novel”, p.4, Random House

“It (Arsenal) is an English club but not an English success. It's probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.”

“According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.”

“Everybody saying Guerrero, I'll really turn your ***** into a real ghost.”

“I'm a fighter by nature and nothing will ever change that.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“I told myself that I'll do everything within my power to never let that happen again.”