Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory!
LEON TROTSKYWhere the sole employer is the state, [opposition] means death by slow starvation.
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If we close our eyes to the dark sides of the workers’ State which we have helped to create, we shall never reach socialism.
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Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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The revolution has its own laws: in the period of its culmination it pushes the most highly developed, determined and far-seeing stratum of the revolutionary class to the most advanced positions.
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Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.
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In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.
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You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.
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Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.
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The motive force of history is truth and not lies.
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I emphasized the significance of revolutionary strategy.
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With all due respect to all philistines, the dictatorship of the proletariat does just consist in “giving a hiding” to the classes that were previously supreme, before forcing them to recognize the new order and to submit to it.
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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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There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.
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Is it possible to fulfill this task, is it possible to achieve the definite victory of Socialism in one country without the combined efforts of the proletarians of several advanced countries? No, it is impossible.
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