Nowhere else did repressions, purges, suppressions, and all other kinds of bureaucratic hooliganism in general acquire such horrifying scope as in Ukraine, in the struggle against powerful forces concealed in the Ukrainian masses that desired more freedom and independence.
LEON TROTSKYI feel here that this time they have succeeded.
More Leon Trotsky Quotes
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Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
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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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Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
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Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
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It is quite clear that the German and Chinese revolutions in case of victory would have changed the face of Europe and Asia, and perhaps of the whole world.
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Revolutionary realism tries to draw the maximum advantage from every situation – that is what makes it revolutionary – but at the same time it does not permit us to set ourselves fantastic aims – that is what makes it realistic.
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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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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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It is also false that the revolution ripens and comes to development only in the national soil.
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When one runs with the wolves, one must howl with the pack.
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I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
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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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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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Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
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The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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