It is also false that the revolution ripens and comes to development only in the national soil.
LEON TROTSKYTechnique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.
More Leon Trotsky Quotes
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The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
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The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
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Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain – at least in a poor country like Russia – and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.
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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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Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
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Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
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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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Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.
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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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Only in the Fall of 1924 did [Joseph] Stalin discover that it is especially Russia, as distinguished from other countries, which can by its own forces build up a socialist society.
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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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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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The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces – in nature, in society, in man himself.
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You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.
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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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