Eduard Bernstein quotes

“The Communist Manifesto was correct but we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding to democratic organizations. In my judgment success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance [rather] than in a catastrophic crash.”
-- Eduard Bernstein

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“The movement is everything, the final goal is nothing.”
-- Eduard Bernstein

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“The increase of social wealth is not accompanied by a diminishing number of capitalist magnates, but by an increasing number of capitalists of all degrees.”
-- Eduard Bernstein

Source : Eduard Bernstein (1911). “Evolutionary Socialism: a Criticism and Affirmation: (Die Voraussetzungen Des Sozialismus und Die Aufgaben Der Sozialdemokratie.)”

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“The economic interpretation of history does not necessarily mean that all events are determined solely by economic forces. It simply means that economic facts are the ever recurring decisive forces, the chief points in the process of history.”
-- Eduard Bernstein

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“Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.”

“When we rely upon organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely upon education, we get what education can do; when we rely upon eloquence, we get what eloquence can do. And so on. But when we rely upon prayer, we get what God can do.”

“Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.”

“United decidedly is not an innovative, adaptive organization.”

“The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France”

Source : "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

“Movements of people create change - not just any one person or organization, but when lots of people are in motion around a shared vision.”

Source : "'An incredible container for transformation'". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. May 9, 2014.

“I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.”

“Everybody needs time to reflect and contemplate, and the most inspirational and peaceful place to do so is in nature.”

“It is both auspicious and peaceful for people to choose vegetarinism.”

“Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.”