The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.
It is unquestionably true that the need for art is not created by economic conditions. But neither is the need for food created by economics. On the contrary, the need for food and warmth creates economics.
If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
Tell me anyway – Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.
Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.
Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture is related to a still photograph. The motion picture does not outlaw the still photograph but combines a series of them according to the laws of motion.
Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
The struggle against war and its social source, capitalism, presupposes direct, active, unequivocal support to the oppressed colonial peoples in their struggles and wars against imperialism. A ‘neutral’ position is tantamount to support of imperialism.