Re: [Marxism] Looking for a quote

2012-03-31 Thread Einde O'Callaghan 

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On 01.04.2012 02:58, Bill Quimby wrote:


A Google book search picks up that phrase in the essay "Perspectives" by
Colin Barker [who he?] in the book Revolutionary Rehearsals, edited by
Colin Barker. See page 219. There it is

Colin Barker is a long-standing member of the British SWP - you can find 
a small archive of articles by him at 
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Einde O'Callaghan


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Re: [Marxism] Looking for a quote

2012-03-31 Thread Bill Quimby 

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A Google book search picks up that phrase in the essay "Perspectives" by
Colin Barker [who he?] in the book Revolutionary Rehearsals, edited by
Colin Barker. See page 219. There it is

"It may be that 'power corrupts', but powerlessness corrupts even more, so
that socialism appears an impractical dream."

- Bill

On 3/31/2012 6:00 PM, Dan Russell wrote:

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Anybody know a quote something along the lines of: "It is said that power 
corrupts
but powerlessness corrupts even more [...] until socialism becomes an impossible
dream." I could have sworn it was from Daniel Singer's 'Prelude to Revolution' 
but
that doesn't look to be the case.

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[Marxism] Looking for a quote

2012-03-31 Thread Dan Russell 
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Anybody know a quote something along the lines of: "It is said that power
corrupts but powerlessness corrupts even more [...] until socialism becomes
an impossible dream." I could have sworn it was from Daniel Singer's
'Prelude to Revolution' but that doesn't look to be the case.

Thanks,
Dan

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