Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.
LEON TROTSKYLet 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.
More Leon Trotsky Quotes
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The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.
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A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.
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Our party’s most outstanding mediocrity.
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There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.
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Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.
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Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full.
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In 1917 there was not a single Bolshevik who considered possible the realization of a socialist society in a single country, and least of all in Russia.
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You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.
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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
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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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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
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If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
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If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
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The main task of Socialism – the organization of Socialist production – remains still in the future.
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