All Sayings

25,004 sayings found from the Modern era

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

— Leon Trotsky Unknown, likely 1930s
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Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown, likely 1920s-1930s
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Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown, likely 1920s-1930s
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Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.

— Leon Trotsky Likely 1920s-1930s
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Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.

— Leon Trotsky Likely 1920s-1930s
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Tell me anyway - Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown
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Tell me anyway - Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown
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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 an automobile to produce this effect.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown
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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 an automobile to produce this effect.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown
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Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.

— Leon Trotsky Likely 1920s (after Lenin's death)
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Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.

— Leon Trotsky Likely 1920s (after Lenin's death)
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As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of bea…

— Leon Trotsky 1935
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As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of bea…

— Leon Trotsky 1935
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The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown
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The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown
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You are pitiful, isolated individuals! You are bankrupts. Your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on – into the dustbin of history!

— Leon Trotsky 1917
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Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown
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Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown
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Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full.

— Leon Trotsky 1935
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Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full.

— Leon Trotsky 1935
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