Herman Gorter

“Communism, from which everything that is useful has developed, all our wealth, all that is noble in the hearts of men, will be set up again. Communism, of which the great philosophers like Plato have dreamt; Communism which was the seed and aim of the early Christians; Communism which is described and depicted in the sacred pictures of all great religions; Communism, for which all the poor and oppressed classes have struggled throughout the period of private ownership up to our own times; Communism which was imagined by our Utopists; for which our comrades of all lands have given their lives; the Communism which our great leader, Karl Marx, foresaw, knew, and understood, the modern Communism based on scientific knowledge, of which he laid the foundation stone; this now comes forth in all its wonder and beauty.”
― Herman Gorter, The World Revolution

“Want zoals altijd aan het eind van 't jaar
Trekvogels uit het land gaan met misgebaar
Van vogelstemmen uit de hoge lucht,
De kind'ren op de straat horen 't gerucht
En kijken, zeggend: 'de zomer is voorbij,
De kou komt' - in wolken gaat de rij
Van vogels - zó zó gaat alles voorbij.”
― Herman Gorter , Mei: een gedicht