Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
LEON TROTSKYCapitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling.
More Leon Trotsky Quotes
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If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
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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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Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely.
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As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness!
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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
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Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
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Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
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Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.
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Revolutions are always verbose.
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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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Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.
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Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.
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Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
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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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