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Unfortunately, it often happens that the leaders are so much absorbed with mere questions of military tactics that they forget the main thing.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin critiques revolutionary leaders for focusing too much on military tactics at the expense of broader goals.
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