Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class of poor peasants, you represent things in such a way, as if we in Western Europe are also going to have that help.

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And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million...

And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million...

But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the...

But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the...

What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western...

What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western...

For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war,...

For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war,...

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large...

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large...

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should...

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should...

The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often...

The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often...

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one...

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one...

The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its...

The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its...

Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a...

Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a...

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here...

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here...

This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All...

This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All...

The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we...

The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we...

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means...

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means...

There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.

There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.

Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to...

Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to...