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"The masses go into a revolution not with a prepared plan of social reconstruction, but with a sharp ..." — Leon Trotsky

The masses go into a revolution not with a prepared plan of social reconstruction, but with a sharp feeling that they cannot endure the old regime. Only the guiding layers of a class have a political program, and even this still requires the test of events and the approval of the masses.
Leon Trotsky
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