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is one which does not hesitate by waiting for ideas to triumph among the masses before initiating revolutionary action.

Whoever hesitates while waiting for ideas to triumph among the masses before initiating revolutionary action will never be a revolutionary. Humanity will, of course, change. Human society will, of course, continue to develop-in spite of men and the errors of men. But that is not a revolutionary attitude. Fidel Castro

is one who thinks dialectically and understands what he wants by defining its opposite (whereas the humanist thinks in a process of expansion & containment).

The revolutionary thinks dialectically and understands what he wants by defining its opposite. The humanist thinks in a process of expansion & containment.

is truest when he is willing to strike his enemy when the enemy indeed helps us.

It is only such a strike against the enemy at his best, at the point were the enemy 'indeed helps us,' that displays a true revolutionary autonomy and 'sovereignty' (Zizek 2004 : 512)

is a statesman when successful, a criminal when not.

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.

is always certain to become a conservative the day after the revolution.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

is, by definition, a potential reactionary, in that he imagines that once his desired change to society is effected, they would see no need for any other changes.

Most revolutionaries are potential Tories, because they imagine that everything can be put right by altering the shape of society... once that change is effected, as it sometimes is, they see no need for any other.

is one who believes that a new upset will be better than the old setup.

You can never convince a revolutionist that a new upset may be even worse than the old setup.

is nine parts hatred and envy of the oppressor, and one part sympathy and love for the oppressed.

The revolutionary is nine parts hatred and envy of the oppressor, and one part sympathy and love for the oppressed.

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