In Russia itself the proletariat conquered in spite of the fact that there was no Soviet State in existence at the time elsewhere. For the victory are necessary, not only certain objective conditions, internal as well as external, but also certain subjective factors - the Party, the leadership, the strategy.
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… - Leon Trotsky
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…
- Leon Trotsky
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality. - Leon Trotsky
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points. - Leon Trotsky
Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege. - Leon Trotsky
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen. - Leon Trotsky
Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.
Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government. - Leon Trotsky
Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.
All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe. The only… - Leon Trotsky
All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe. The only…
Tell me anyway--Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies. - Leon Trotsky
Tell me anyway--Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party]. - Leon Trotsky
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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