On Socialism If I were asked about my predilection towards socialism I would answer: with regard to this issue what I aspire to is not to increase the wealth of factories but that of life. My concern is not that people should be equal in the distribution of food but that every individual should be allowed to exploit his talents and potential. The laborer crushed by his misery may not find in socialism anything except a promise that he may take what he is deprived of, but I view it as continuous and generous giving, as giving to life many times what it has offered us. (The wealth of life, 1 -1936)...
On Heritage Everything that Islam has achieved in victories and culture was in the germinal stage in the first twenty years of the message. Before they conquered the lands, the Arabs had conquered themselves and penetrated into the innermost of their souls. Before they governed nations, they governed themselves and controlled their passions and were in possession of their wills. (In memory of the Arab Prophet, 1 -April, 1943) We might not be seen among those who pray and we might not fast with those who fast, but we believe in God because we are in dire need of Him. Our burden is onerous, our road...
On Palestine "The present conditions do not allow us to wait for the question to be resolved from its roots and as these conditions should make room for strife and discord, there remains before the Arabs the urgent task for rescuing Palestine. They must leave governments behind and bid farewell to their last hopes in the efficiency of the official policy and turn to popular action, devoting to it all their efforts." (The Arabs should not wait for a miracle. Palestine cannot be saved by the governments but by popular action, 1 -A1-Baath- August 6, 1946) "When our eyes and hearts turn to struggling...
On Egypt The conclusion, which I want you to reach, is that the conditions for the coup d’etat in Egypt are different from those in Syria. The coup d’etat that took place in Egypt had reasonable justifications. The Arab arena being vacant, the people turned to the military, which executed the coup d’etat. The military has faithfully and earnestly performed some undeniable reforms. But could it be said that the existing regime in Egypt is that of overthrow? The answer is no. This rule could be called progressive and no more. The difference between an overthrow and a coup d’etat is the following:...
The Lessons of June And The Significance of October The nationalist and popular front on the scale of the Arab homeland and the armed popular action form the essential pillars for every strategy capable of responding to the most recent Zionist and imperialist aggression. Unity and democracy are the two slogans of the present stage. The relapse cannot be transformed into victory unless we make it a starting point for unity. (June 5 and the chance for popular action, 3 - November, 1967) Armament is no longer confined to armies, although the Arab armies are popular armies, the sons of the toiling...
The Revolutionary Organization And the Second condition is practical and related to the organization of the movement. As it is based on a comprehensive Arab ideology, its organization should also be on all-encompassing Arab scale. And as it is founded on a vital and realistic ideology related to fundamental questions, organization must in turn depend on the classes, which represent these fundamental questions in order to secure success. As the ideology of the Arab Baath stands on three pillars liberty, socialism and Arab Unity, organization must depend on the new generation which represents consciousness,...
Revolutionary Conduct The resoluteness of opinion was one of their noblest traits. They did not acquiesce when their doctrine was at stake. They did not humor others, for when they saw right on one side, they opposed for its sake all the other sides. Instead of trying to ingratiate themselves to everybody, they angered everyone whom they believed to be wrong and corrupt. They were cruel to themselves, cruel to others. When they discovered something wrong in their thinking, they were not hesitant or ashamed to admit it and rectify it, for their goal war the truth and not themselves. When they perceived...
Foreign Policy We know that the Arabs see no reason to antagonize a great nation like Soviet Russia which has been expressing has expressed, since the emergence of her new system, sympathy with the peoples struggling for their freedom and independence. Moreover, the Arabs hope that the intentions of the Soviet state will have a good and practical impact on international politics. Their friendship with her will be strengthened to the extent that they feel the sincerity of these intentions and their harmony with their national interest. (Arab nationalism and its attitude towards communism, 4 -1944)...
On the Arab Baath movement Remember, then, when you feel that you want to refresh your activity to pursue the fight Jihad, that you have been recompensed for your struggle first when you impose events on your opponents and second, by this result, which you could consider a historic turning point in the life of the homeland, the beginning of a formation of a sound national leadership which will restore sacredness and significance to the struggle and fill a vacuum that was threatening the structure of the nation with collapse. (The people have breathed a sigh of relief, 4 - A manifesto distributed...
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