Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element.
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Victory or defeat It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. . . . And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat.
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Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all.
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Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.
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