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“''As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them - but should befriend them - unite with them, and convince them and encourage them to go forward.” - Mao Zedong'' | “''As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them - but should befriend them - unite with them, and convince them and encourage them to go forward.” - Mao Zedong'' | ||
“''The attitude of Communists towards any person who has made mistakes in his work should be one of persuasion in order to help him change and start afresh and not one of exclusion, unless he is incorrigible.” - Mao Zedong''</blockquote> | “''The attitude of Communists towards any person who has made mistakes in his work should be one of persuasion in order to help him change and start afresh and not one of exclusion, unless he is incorrigible.” - Mao Zedong'' | ||
"The champions of the 'single stream' also bring quite a bit of confusion into Lenin's understanding of patriotism. Lenin not only never talked about patriotism in general. On the contrary, he precisely distinguished proletarian, socialist patriotism from bourgeois and petit bourgeois patriotism." - Suren Tigranovich Kaltakhchyan, The Current Digest of the Soviet Press</blockquote> | |||
What these so called Communists that oppose patriotic sentiments are suggesting is national-nihilism, which is anti-Communist and actually serves fascism. | What these so called Communists that oppose patriotic sentiments are suggesting is national-nihilism, which is anti-Communist and actually serves fascism. | ||
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''“The United States, had first fought a progressive war of independence from British imperialism, and then fought a civil war to establish a free labour market. Washington and Lincoln were progressive men of their time. When the United States first established a republic it was hated and dreaded by all the crowned heads of Europe. That showed that the Americans were then revolutionaries. Now the American people need to struggle for liberation from their own monopoly capitalists.” - Mao Zedong'' | ''“The United States, had first fought a progressive war of independence from British imperialism, and then fought a civil war to establish a free labour market. Washington and Lincoln were progressive men of their time. When the United States first established a republic it was hated and dreaded by all the crowned heads of Europe. That showed that the Americans were then revolutionaries. Now the American people need to struggle for liberation from their own monopoly capitalists.” - Mao Zedong'' | ||
"Instilling hatred for Americans means putting onself on the same level with the most ardent chauvinism, with people whose 'patriotism' and love for their own is invariably associated with hatred for what is 'alien' - whether it be American, Chinese or German | "Instilling hatred for Americans means putting onself on the same level with the most ardent chauvinism, with people whose 'patriotism' and love for their own is invariably associated with hatred for what is 'alien' - whether it be American, Chinese or German." - Suren Tigranovich Kaltakhchyan, The Current Digest of the Soviet Press | ||
''“The fate of American capitalism lies in the hands of the American workers. The working class must be aware that the current order will remain unhindered so long as the workers plead for higher wages instead of demanding ownership over the means of production and partnership. This should be the objective of workers’ strikes.” - Muammar Gaddafi'' | ''“The fate of American capitalism lies in the hands of the American workers. The working class must be aware that the current order will remain unhindered so long as the workers plead for higher wages instead of demanding ownership over the means of production and partnership. This should be the objective of workers’ strikes.” - Muammar Gaddafi'' | ||