We Communists are all dead men on leave. Of this I am fully aware. I do not know if you will extend my leave or whether I shall have to join Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. In any case I await your verdict with composure and inner serenity. For I know that, whatever your verdict, events cannot be stopped.<ref>{{Cite web
Bavarian revolutionary, politician (KPD) and leader of the Munich Soviet Republic (1883-1919)
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