Leon Trotsky

The old system is cracking and breaking down, but it is still holding on with all its might.

The working class is the only class that can save humanity from barbarism.

The state is an instrument of class oppression.

The revolution is impossible without a revolutionary theory.

The party does not simply create the revolution; the revolution creates the party.

The working class must conquer power, and it must do so by force.

The dialectic of history is more cunning than the cunning of any individual.

The revolution demands all of a man; it does not tolerate half-measures.

The struggle for power is a struggle for life and death.

The working class, once it has taken power, must use it to transform society.

The revolution is a great leap forward, but it is also a great leap into the unknown.

The fate of the world revolution depends on the fate of the Russian Revolution.

The working class must break the chains of capitalism.

The revolution is a festival of the oppressed.

The future belongs to communism.

The working class must learn to fight, and it must learn to win.

The revolution is a continuous process.

The working class must be the master of its own destiny.

The revolution is the only way out of the crisis.

The working class must unite, or it will perish.