# Quote — John Reed, Ten Days That Shook the World

> So, with the crash of artillery, in the dark, with hatred, and fear, and reckless daring, new Russia was being born.

- Author: [John Reed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-reed.md)
- Book: [Ten Days That Shook the World](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-reed/ten-days-that-shook-the-world.md)
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## More from this book

> This book is a slice of intensified history - history as I saw it. It does not pretend to be anything but a detailed account of the November Revolution, when the Bolsheviki, at the head of the workers and soldiers, seized the sate power of Russia and placed it in the hands of the Soviets.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-reed/ten-days-that-shook-the-world/this-book-is-a-slice.md)

> When the land belongs to the peasants, and the factories to the workers, and the power to the Soviets, then we'll know we have something to fight for, and we'll fight for it!"

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> No matter what one thinks of Bolshevism, it is undeniable that the Russian Revolution s one of the great events of human history, and the rise of the Bolsheviki a phenomenon of worldwide importance.

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