Literature Quotes

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"Literature preserves the soul of a people."
Jomo Kenyatta
"I have always believed that the road to salvation always lies through books."
Che Guevara
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"The literature of a nation tells us about its soul."
Indira Gandhi
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"Literature and storytelling are powerful tools for understanding ourselves and our world."
Julius Nyerere
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"Literature preserves the soul of a people."
Fidel Castro
"Letters are among the most significant memorial a man can leave behind him."
Jawaharlal Nehru
"Literature preserves the soul of a civilization."
Jawaharlal Nehru
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"The written word preserves; the spoken word connects; we need both."
Jomo Kenyatta
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"A writer must first be a good observer of life."
Fidel Castro
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"Literature is a mirror of society."
Leon Trotsky
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"Literature preserves the voice of those society seeks to silence."
Leon Trotsky
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"The literature of a period reflects its contradictions."
Leon Trotsky
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"The literature of revolution inspires the revolutionary."
Leon Trotsky
"The pen and the sword can both be weapons in the struggle for freedom."
Ho Chi Minh
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"The pen and the sword together create the future; ideas backed by action transform the world."
Mao Zedong
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"Literature must be the servant of a living cause"
Leon Trotsky
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"The printed word carries the revolution farther than the sword"
Leon Trotsky
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"Literature preserves what tyrants wish forgotten"
Leon Trotsky
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"Literature preserves the thoughts of great minds."
Fidel Castro
"Literature preserves the voices of those who came before us."
Ho Chi Minh
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"Literature must become party literature."
Vladimir Lenin
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"Literature must become the mouthpiece of the Soviet State."
Joseph Stalin
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"Writing with clarity and force is a revolutionary act in an age of obfuscation."
Leon Trotsky
"The written word can be as powerful as the sword when wielded by justice."
Ho Chi Minh
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"Literature must become party literature; only then can it serve the cause of liberation."
Vladimir Lenin
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"Literature must inspire courage and devotion, not doubt."
Benito Mussolini
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"The writer is the engineer of the human soul."
Joseph Stalin
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"Books are a mirror of the soul; through them we understand ourselves and others."
Vladimir Lenin
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"Literature and art must become weapons of the socialist revolution."
Leon Trotsky
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"Literature must be partisan; neutrality serves the oppressor."
Leon Trotsky