He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.
LEON TROTSKYThe United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
More Leon Trotsky Quotes
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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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City of prose and fantasy, of capitalist automation, its streets a triumph of cubism, its moral philosophy that of the dollar. New York impressed me tremendously because, more than any other city, it is the fullest expression of our modern age.
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In the appendix to my History of the Russian Revolution I give a detailed and documented study of the ideas of the Bolshevik party on the October revolution. This study, I hope, will make it impossible in the future to ascribe to [Vladimir] Lenin the theory of Socialism in a single country.
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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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If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
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Our differences with [Joseph] Stalin are entirely of a strategical character.
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Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.
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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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The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.
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The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
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Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
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Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory!
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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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Look back at history – those who guided the revolution in the time of its culmination never kept their leading positions long after the turning point.
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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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