Therefore, in drawing closer to the people, we must above all make common cause with those elements of the masses which, since the foundation of the … - Sergey Nechayev

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Therefore, in drawing closer to the people, we must above all make common cause with those elements of the masses which, since the foundation of the state of Muscovy, have never ceased to protest, not only in words but in deeds, against everything directly or indirectly connected with the state: against the nobility, the bureaucracy, the clergy, the traders, and the parasitic kulaks. We must unite with the adventurous tribes of brigands, who are the only genuine revolutionaries in Russia.

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About Sergey Nechayev

Sergey Gennadiyevich Nechayev [also Sergei Nechaev, Сергей Геннадиевич Нечаев] (2 October 1847 - 21 November or 3 December 1882) was a Russian revolutionary figure associated with the Nihilist movement and known for his single-minded pursuit of revolution by any means necessary, including political violence.

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Alternative Names: Sergey Gennadiyevich Nechayev
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Tyrannical towards himself, he must be tyrannical towards others. All the gentle and enervating sentiments of kind ship, love, friendship, gratitude and even honor must be suppressed in him and give place to the cold and single minded passion for revolution.

The revolutionary despises public opinion. He despises and hates the existing social morality in all its manifestations. For him, morality is everything which contributes to the triumph of the revolution. Immoral and criminal is everything that stands in its way.

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