“He should not hesitate to destroy any position, any place, or any man in this world.”

—  Sergey Nechayev , book Catechism of a Revolutionary

Catechism of a Revolutionary (1869)
Context: The revolutionary enters the world of the State, of the privileged classes, of the so-called civilization, and he lives in this world only for the purpose of bringing about its speedy and total destruction. He is not a revolutionary if he has any sympathy for this world. He should not hesitate to destroy any position, any place, or any man in this world. He must hate everyone and everything in it with an equal hatred. All the worse for him if he has any relations with parents, friends, or lovers; he is no longer a revolutionary if he is swayed by these relationships.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "He should not hesitate to destroy any position, any place, or any man in this world." by Sergey Nechayev?
Sergey Nechayev photo
Sergey Nechayev 10
Russian revolutionary 1847–1882

Related quotes

“No work is low or bad in this world if it is done in the right spirit. (…) That is why a man should never hesitate to do any work. Whether it is high or low, big or small, no work is bad. Work is work.”

Haidakhan Babaji teacher in northern India

Karma yoga
Source: The Teachings of Babaji, 1 February 1984.

G. H. Hardy photo

“If a man has any genuine talent, he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full.”

G. H. Hardy book A Mathematician's Apology

A Mathematician's Apology (1941)

Eric Chu photo

“We should harbor a positive mentality to any cross-strait development and exchange.”

Eric Chu (1961) Taiwanese politician

Eric Chu (2015) cited in " MA-XI MEETING: DPP opposition to Ma-Xi exchange ‘inappropriate’ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/06/2003631817" on Taipei Times, 6 November 2015.

Oscar Wilde photo

“Any place you love is the world to you.”

Oscar Wilde book The Happy Prince

Source: The Happy Prince

George Fox photo

“Why should any man have power over any other man's faith, seeing Christ Himself is the author of it?”

George Fox (1624–1691) English Dissenter and founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Quoted in "Memoir of George Fox", The Friends' Library: comprising journals, doctrinal treatises, and other writings of members of the Religious Society of Friends, edited by William Evans and Thomas Evans (1837) volume 1, page 76

Luigi Cornaro photo

“No man should be a perfect physician to any but himself.”

Luigi Cornaro (1484–1566) Italian philosopher

Discourses on the Sober Life

Oscar Wilde photo

“Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old.”

Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Source: The Importance of Being Earnest

Mike Scott photo

“He's like a man you'd meet any place
until you recognize that ancient Face
The Great God Pan is alive!”

Mike Scott (1958) songwriter, musician

"The Return Of Pan"
Dream Harder (1993)

“The new world we are attempting to create must destroy oppression of any type. The value of this new system will be determined by the status of the person who was low man on the totem pole.”

Frances M. Beal (1940) American activist

Source: "Black Women's Manifesto; Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female" (1969)

Related topics