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
men thinking people
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.
patriotic reality people
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
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].
people disrespect slavery
Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.
conditions distance seems shortest violence
Under all conditions well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.
enjoy life
life is beautiful, enjoy it to the fullest.
comrade macdonald
Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.
discussion great russian-revolutionary time
If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
stupid mcdonalds abuse
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade McDonald abuses the privilege.
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Dialectical materialism is not of course an eternal and immutable philosophy. To think otherwise is to contradict the spirit of the dialectic. Further development of scientific thought will undoubtedly create a more profound doctrine into which dialectical materialism will enter merely as structural material.
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The dialectic is not a magic master key for all questions. It does not replace concrete scientific analysis. But it directs this analysis along the correct road, securing it against sterile wanderings in the desert of subjectivism and scholasticism.
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The dialectic is neither fiction or mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily problems of life but attempts to arrive at an understanding of more complicated and drawn-out processes. The dialectic and formal logic bear a relationship similar to that between higher and lower mathematics.
arrive attempts bear daily fiction formal forms higher insofar life limited logic lower neither nor problems relationship science similar thinking understanding
The dialectic is neither fiction nor mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily problems of life but attempts to arrive at an understanding of more complicated and drawn-out processes. The dialectic and formal logic bear a relationship similar to that between higher and lower mathematics.
eye dark socialism
If we close our eyes to the dark sides of the workers' State which we have helped to create, we shall never reach socialism.