Icons of the Proletariat. #3 Louis-Auguste Blanqui On February 1, 1805, the French Revolutionary Louis-Auguste Blanqui was born. Throughout his long life, Blanqui would organize more than a half-dozen failed insurrections to topple the French state to bring about a communist revolution. Blanqui would pay for his courage, conviction and dedication to the communist ideal by spending more than half of his life in prison. “Revolutions desire men who have faith in them. To doubt their triumphs is to already betray them. It is through logic and audacity that one launches them and saves them. If you lack these qualities, your enemies will have it over you; they will only see one thing in your weaknesses — the measure of their own forces. And their courage will grow in direct proportion with your timidity.”
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:08:47 +0000
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