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

"If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement."

"The fate of the Russian Revolution depends entirely upon the course of the world revolution."

"The working class must unite, or it will perish."

"Where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced with a new one: who does not obey shall not eat."

"We are concerned here with either real traitors or complete imbeciles. But imbecility, raised to this level, is equal to treason."