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
fall mean culture
The fall of the present bureaucratic dictatorship [in the Soviet Union], if it were not replaced by a new socialist power, would thus mean a return to capitalist relations with a catastrophic decline of industry and culture.
struggle serious cruelty
In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
thinking singing defeat
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.
fighting order justice
Actually, the decision was not only expedient but necessary. The severity of this summary justice showed the world that we would continue to fight mercilessly, stopping at nothing. The execution of the Tsar's family was needed not only in order to frighten, horrify, and dishearten the enemy but also in order to shake up our own ranks, to show them that there was no turning back, that ahead lay either complete victory or complete ruin.
art law rebellion
Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.
patriotic reality people
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
country appreciate world
The clearer and deeper the public opinion of the world, in the first instance the opinion of the working masses, will understand the contradictions and the difficulties of the socialist development of an isolated country, the higher will it appreciate the results achieved. The less it identifies the fundamental methods of Socialism with the zigzags and errors of the Soviet bureaucracy, the less will be the danger that, by the inevitable revelation of these errors and of their consequences, the authority, not only of the present ruling group, but of the workers' State itself, may decline.
inspirational country men
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.
party people lists
The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].
country united-states strongest
The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.
may strategy business-strategy
You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.
fire ideas mind
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
mistake planning more-time
If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
art inspiration creative
The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls 'inspiration.'