Leon Trotsky — "The party does not simply create the revolution; the revolution creates the part…"

"The old society has been torn to shreds. Now a new society must be built. This is the task of the new man."

"The working class must conquer power, not merely influence it."

"The permanent revolution, in the sense which Marx attached to this concept, means a revolution which does not stop at the democratic stage, but which goes on to the socialist transformation of society…"

"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."

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