Leon Trotsky — "The revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, not a painting, not a embroi…"

The revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, not a painting, not a embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so 'benign', 'courteous', 'restrained' and 'magnanimous'.
Leon Trotsky — Leon Trotsky Modern · Russian revolutionary

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Often attributed to Mao, but similar sentiments about the nature of revolution are in Trotsky's writings. Mao's is more famous.

Date: 1905-1920

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