Leon Trotsky — "Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack."

"Art, like science, does not seek to impose its will on life, but rather to reflect it, to understand it, and to reveal its inner laws."

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

"The revolution is impossible without a revolutionary theory."

"Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into a rut every now and then. And then you must hoist yourself out of the rut by your own bootstraps."

"Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness."