The revolution is not a dinner party, nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
— Joseph Stalin Modern

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Often attributed to Mao Zedong, but reflects a similar revolutionary ideology shared by Stalin.

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