"A population rises up against a decayed system not because of revolutionary consciousness but because as Rosa Luxembourg pointed out it has no other choice. It is the obtuseness of the old regime not the work of revolutionaries
that triggers revolt."

"While the moment of eruption is mysterious, it are the visionaries and utopian reformers such as the abolitionists who make possible real social change, never the practical politicians."

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