Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky; born Lev Davidovich Bronstein; 7 November 1879 – 21 August 1940) was a Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founding leader of the Red Army...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 November 1879
CountryRussian Federation
exhaling doe crisis
...capitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling.
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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.
distance two violence
Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.
freedom political world
Everything is relative in this world, where change alone endures.
freedom philosophy mean
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
party politics violence
The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.
education enemy revolutionary
Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.
personality political substance
In Stalin each [Soviet bureaucrat] easily finds himself. But Stalin also finds in each one a small part of his own spirit. Stalin is the personification of the bureaucracy. That is the substance of his political personality.
beautiful evil violence
Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full.
history roles dustbin
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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Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.
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There is no justice in bureaucracy for the individual, for bureaucracy caters only to itself. One cannot practice the same bureaucracy as one is fighting against.
stupidity pillars united-states
The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.
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He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.