Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Sayings by Leon Trotsky
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that can happen to a man.
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 with a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.
If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.
Tell me anyway - Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
Tell me anyway - Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
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.
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.
Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.
Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.
As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness!
As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness!
The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.
The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.
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!
Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.
Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.