I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
LEON TROTSKYThe revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.
More Leon Trotsky Quotes
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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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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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Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.
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Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion.
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Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.
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In France, the leader of Jacobinism perished on the guillotine; with us, the change of leadership was achieved by means of arrest and banishment. The technique of the process is gentler, but its essence is the same.
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The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.
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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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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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Capitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling.
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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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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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Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavorable objective conditions.
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I emphasized the significance of revolutionary strategy.
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