Leon Trotsky — "The working class must be the master of its own destiny."

"The bureaucracy, which has become an end in itself, has been replaced by another bureaucracy, which has become an end in itself."

"The end justifies the means."

"The party replaces the working class, the central committee replaces the party, and finally the dictator replaces the central committee."

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

"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'."