Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension.

革命的集体组织中的自由主义是十分有害的。它是一种腐蚀剂，使团结涣散，关系松懈，工作消极，意见分歧。

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Revolution Liberalism Political intolerance Authoritarianism

Author

Mao Zedong

Source

Combat Liberalism

Genre

Political literature

Language

Chinese

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Dictator National leader Revolutionary Politician

From

China Asia

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Citation

Zedong, Mao. Combat Liberalism. 1937.

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Men have gained control over the forces of nature to such an extent that with their help they could have no difficulty in exterminating one another to the last man. They know this, and hence comes a large part of their current unrest, their unhappiness and their mood of anxiety.

Sigmund Freud

Civilization and Its Discontents

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Topic
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Sigmund Freud
Source
Civilization and Its Discontents
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1930 1930s 20th century
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [The Discomfort in Culture]. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag Wien, 1930, pt. 8.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and Its Discontents, translated by James Strachey. W. W. Norton & Company, 2021, pt. 8.

Another quote about Revolution

Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic
Revolution French Revolution

Author

Edmund Burke
Source
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1790 1790s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Another quote originally in Chinese

When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao.

Zhuang Zhou

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Inner peace Self-assurance

Author

Zhuang Zhou
Source
Zhuang Zhou
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Chinese
Time
221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Zhou, Zhuang. 莊子 [Zhuangzi]. c. 221 BC, ch. 2.