Revolutionaries See History As A Creation Of

I Would Like You To Understand Completely, Also Emotionally, That I'm A Political Detainee And Will Be A Political Prisoner, That I Have Nothing Now Or In The Future To Be Ashamed Of In This Situation. That, At Bottom, I Myself Have In A Certain Sense Asked For This Detention And This Sentence, Because I've Always Refused To Change My Opinion, For Which I Would Be Willing To Give My Life And Not Just Remain In Prison. That Therefore I Can Only Be Tranquil And Content With Myself.

I'm A Pessimist Because Of Intelligence, But An Optimist Because Of Will.

Driving Forward Is The Chief Characteristic Of Western Man Since The Sumerians. His Dread Triad Of Vices Is Property-holding, Voraciousness, And Lust.

How Many Times Have I Wondered If It Is Really Possible To Forge Links With A Mass Of People When One Has Never Had Strong Feelings For Anyone, Not Even One's Own Parents: If It Is Possible To Have A Collectivity When One Has Not Been Deeply Loved Oneself By Individual Human Creatures. Hasn't This Had Some Effect On My Life As A Militant--has It Not Tended To Make Me Sterile And Reduce My Quality As A Revolutionary By Making Everything A Matter Of Pure Intellect, Of Pure Mathematical Calculation?

From The Moment When A Subordinate Class Becomes Really Independent And Dominant, Calling Into Being A New Type Of State, The Need Arises Concretely, Of Building A New Intellectual And Moral Order, I.e. A New Type Of Society, And Hence The Need To Elaborate The Most Universal Concepts, The Most Refined And Decisive Ideological Weapons.