Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"Without theory, revolutionary practice becomes mere adventurism."
Leon Trotsky
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"The philosophy of revolutionary practice transcends academic abstractions."
Leon Trotsky
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"Dialectical materialism is the guide to our action."
Mao Zedong
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"The contradiction between the advanced superstructure and the backward base must be resolved."
Mao Zedong
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"The socialist road is the only path forward for humanity."
Mao Zedong
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"The theory of permanent revolution guides our long-term strategy."
Mao Zedong
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"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic"
Joseph Stalin
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"The collective cannot replace the individual"
Joseph Stalin
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"Philosophy without practice is empty"
Joseph Stalin
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"I am not a pessimist; to say that is to say nothing."
Benito Mussolini
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"Fascism is not merely a political system but a spiritual creed."
Benito Mussolini
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"The Fascist conception of life stresses its tragic aspects."
Benito Mussolini
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"Civilization advances through struggle."
Benito Mussolini
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"The State is eternal; the individual is temporary."
Benito Mussolini
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"Men are motivated by power, not charity."
Benito Mussolini
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"Philosophy divorced from action is merely idle speculation."
Vladimir Lenin
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"The price of one great deed is all of a man's life."
Winston Churchill
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"More than machinery we need humanity."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"There is a mysterious cycle in human events."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Self-interest is a primary motivator for all human action."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Philosophy that does not change the world is mere entertainment."
Leon Trotsky
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"A nation without self-knowledge cannot chart its own destiny."
Vladimir Lenin
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"The philosopher's task is not merely to understand the world, but to change it."
Vladimir Lenin
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"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words but in the choices one makes"
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Gratitude is a disease of dogs."
Joseph Stalin
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"Philosophy without action is mere speculation."
Joseph Stalin
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"Philosophy must serve practical ends."
Joseph Stalin
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"The individual exists only to serve the state."
Benito Mussolini
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"The mind of the masses is easily manipulated."
Benito Mussolini