City of prose and fantasy, of capitalist automation, its streets a triumph of cubism, its moral philosophy that of the dollar. New York impressed me tremendously because, more than any other city, it is the fullest expression of our modern age.
LEON TROTSKYEngland is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.
More Leon Trotsky Quotes
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It is also false that the revolution ripens and comes to development only in the national soil.
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Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.
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Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
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Let us not forget that revolutions are accomplished through people, although they be nameless. Materialism does not ignore the feeling, thinking, and acting man, but explains him.
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Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.
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The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].
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The theory of the permanent revolution, in contradiction to the theory of socialism in one country, was recognized by the entire Bolshevik party during the period from 1917 to 1923.
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Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
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One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old.
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Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
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In spite of the existence of the Soviet Union, however, the proletarian revolution during the past years has not recorded a victory in any other country.
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The task of the proletariat is to create a still more powerful fatherland with a far greater power of resistance, the Republican United States of Europe, as the foundation of the United States of the World.
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In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
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Once again, he who ignores the problems of revolutionary strategy would do better not to talk about revolutions at all.
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Look back at history – those who guided the revolution in the time of its culmination never kept their leading positions long after the turning point.
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