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Leon Trotsky

Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
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Change Endurance Relative World
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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Accomplishment Act Explanation Forget Man Name Revolution
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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Aspect Blind Force History Humanity Man Society Summary
If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
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Convince Head Yourself
Revolutions are always verbose.
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One Liner Revolution
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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Committee Himself Organization Party Politics
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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Eyes Reach Socialism State
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 The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.
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Country Employer Obedience Principle State
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
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Age Expectation Man Old
I emphasized the significance of revolutionary strategy.
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Revolution Significance Strategy
I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
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Feeling Success Time
The Soviet Union needs thinking and critical friends, such as are capable not only of singing hymns in the hours of success, but of not shrinking in the hour of defeat and danger.
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Capable Criticism Dangerous Defeat Thinking
Tell me anyway–Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
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Compare Finding Lying Truth
In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
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Cruelty Serious Struggle Time Worst
The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.
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History Powerful Revenge Secretary
Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.
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Capital Fascism One Liner Reaction
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.
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Agreement Blow Bold Decisive Force Necessary
You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on – into the dustbin of history!
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History Individual Isolate Yourself
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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Guide History Leadership Position Time
The struggle against war and its social source, capitalism, presupposes direct, active, unequivocal support to the oppressed colonial peoples in their struggles and wars against imperialism. A ‘neutral’ position is tantamount to support of imperialism.
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Colonial Imperialism Struggle Support War
The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.
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State Statute Stupidity Vulgar
The main task of Socialism – the organization of Socialist production – remains still in the future.
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Future Organization Socialism Task
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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Particular Possible Quite Violence
One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old.
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Life Old Oneself Realize Surprise
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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Man Place Victory Woman Work
Our party’s most outstanding mediocrity.
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Average Outstanding Party
Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.
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Condition Distance Organization Point Violence

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