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.
LEON TROTSKYThe United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Tell me anyway–Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
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You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.
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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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The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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Revolutions are always verbose.
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I emphasized the significance of revolutionary strategy.
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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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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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Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
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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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In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a dictator substitutes himself for the central committee.
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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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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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Once again, he who ignores the problems of revolutionary strategy would do better not to talk about revolutions at all.
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Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.
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