Lenin was not merely a party man. He raised the party to the level of a political principle. This is the source of all his deviati...ons from the essentially democratic views of Marx. For Marx, a political party was conceived as a kind of cross between an international educational institution for the working class and a pressure group, as something that would come and go and be reconstituted in the forge of historical events. But for Lenin the political party was an army of professional revolutionists. The organization of professional revolutionists was of supreme importance in capturing state power. Iron-clad control of the organization was essential to victory.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Gospel of the army is cunning, as of all other human activities. The wisdom of the snake under the meekness of the sheep is wh...at wins out. The first Commandment is--never let them get anything on you-- The second: Graft--get privileges others haven't got--worm yourself into confidence The Third--seem neat and prosperous--as if you had money in the bank--LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I thought it altogether proper that I should take a brief furlough from official duties at Washington to mingle with you here to-d...ay as a comrade, because every President of the United States must realize that the strength of the Government, its defence in war, the army that is to muster under its banner when our Nation is assailed, is to be found here in the masses of our people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Well, Mary, only six more days to go and your old Nathan will be out of the army. Haven't decided what I'll do yet. Somehow I just... can't picture myself back there on the banks of the Wabash rocking on a front porch. No, I've been thinkin I, maybe I'll push on west, new settlements, California.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Oh, the army. Well I planted twenty-four gardens the first ten years of our marriage. Never stayed long enough to see a single blo...om.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I will never accept that I got a free ride. It wasn't free at all. My ancestors were brought here against their will. They were ma...de to work and help build the country. I worked in the cotton fields from the age of seven. I worked in the laundry for twenty- three years. I worked for the national organization for nine years. I just retired from city government after twelve-and-a- half years.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Parental attitudes have greater correlation with pupil achievement than material home circumstances or variations in school and cl...assroom organization, instructional materials, and particular teaching practices.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »