The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].
LEON TROTSKYOur planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
More Leon Trotsky Quotes
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The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces – in nature, in society, in man himself.
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England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.
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There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.
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Revolutions are always verbose.
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He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.
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Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.
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Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.
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If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one’s life, without seeing oneself in the “mirror” of literature?
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Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
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You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on – into the dustbin of history!
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Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one’s enemies.
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Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.
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The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.
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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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