Plekhanov Quotes & Sayings

Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat. — Georgi Plekhanov

Oleg Bard: I understand, but by virtue of that power of imagination which, according to [Georgi] Plekhanov, is granted to Marxists, I can already see as through a prism, so to speak, the triumph of your class as symbolized by your sublime, ravishing, elegant, and class-conscious wedding! — Vladimir Mayakovsky

Only the person who does not evade conflict and directs his efforts in keeping with the course of society's development can be an effective leader. — Georgi Plekhanov

The Worse, the Better. — Georgi Plekhanov