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“I congratulate my fellow countrymen, gallant soldiers, my Pashtun and Baloch brothers and the workers of Asia, Africa, Europe and the US on the first birthday of the Saur Revolution. The Saur Revolution is not limited to the workers and soldiers of Afghanistan. It is the revolution of the workers and oppressed masses of [the] whole world. This revolution, which was carried out by armed soldiers under the leadership of the Khalq Party, is a great success and a victory for workers all over the world. The great October Revolution of 1917 shook the whole world. That revolution is a source of guidance and inspiration for our revolution, which once again has begun to shake the planet.”

Nur Muhammad Taraki

Speech in Kabul on first anniversary of Saur Revolution http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/27-Apr-2014/anniversary-of-a-revolution-obliterated-from-history.

World , Birthday , Success , Victory

“When our party took over political power, the exploiting classes and reactionary forces went into action. The only rusty and antiquated tool that they use against us is preaching in the name of faith and religion against the progressive movement of our homeland… They ought to be uprooted as a cancerous tumor is from the body of a patient in a surgical operation.”

Nur Muhammad Taraki

Speech August 1, 1978 http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1978/eirv05n35-19780912/eirv05n35-19780912_061-who_are_afghanistans_new_leaders.pdf.

Faith , Religion

“Everything will be all right. I know this room. Soldiers used to be quartered here. Now it's our turn.”

Nur Muhammad Taraki

Said to his wife in the Presidential Palace, shortly before his assassination, as quoted in Rodric Braithwaite (2010) Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89, page 67.