Leon Trotsky — "We are concerned here with either real traitors or complete imbeciles. But imbec…"

"Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes …"

"The revolution is not a game, but a serious task."

"The working class cannot emancipate itself without freeing all the oppressed classes."

"Where force is necessary, it is justified."

"The historical ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces — in nature, in society, in man himself."