Victor Serge died in exile and obscurity, apparently no more than a splinter of a splinter in the Marxist movement. But with the passage of the years, he looms up as one of the great moral figures of our time, an artist of such integrity and a revolutionary of such purity as to overshadow those who achieved fame and power. His failure was his success. I know of no participant in Russia's revolution and Spain's agonies who more deserves the attention of our concerned youth.
I. F. StoneIf you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie.
I. F. StoneThe only social justice movements worth fighting for are the struggles for justice where you lose, you lose, you lose- until you win.
I. F. StoneEvery time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda.
I. F. Stone