I wrote a study about this question, The Lessons of October, which served as a pretext for my elimination from the government. Leon Trotsky More Quotes by Leon Trotsky More Quotes From Leon Trotsky If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement. Leon Trotsky fascistspavementpolitician 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 beauty, joy and happiness! Leon Trotsky fightingstrongbeautiful 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 rolespoliticshistory The party that leans upon the workers but serves the bourgeoisie, in the period of the greatest sharpening of the class struggle, cannot but sense the smells wafted from the waiting grave. Leon Trotsky partystruggleclass Tell me anyway--Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies. Leon Trotsky comparei-canlying Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege. Leon Trotsky abusefoolstupid Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. Leon Trotsky sadnesslifefall Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack. Leon Trotsky planetsfilthyevil The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary. Leon Trotsky most-powerfulpowerfulrevenge One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old Leon Trotsky things-in-liferealizationlife-is You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you. Leon Trotsky business-strategystrategymay Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen. Leon Trotsky oxygendemocracyneeds Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full. Leon Trotsky violenceevilbeautiful In a country 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 The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat. Leon Trotsky wisdomcountrydeath There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. Leon Trotsky circumstanceswarpeace All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe. The only party that will survive is the party of the world socialist revolution. Leon Trotsky revolutioncommunicationparty Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government. Leon Trotsky governmentignorancereligious As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure and social education. One may even say that man is a fairly lazy animal. It is on this quality, in reality, that is founded to a considerable extent all human progress; because if man did not strive to expend his energy economically, did not seek to receive the largest possible quantity of products in return for a small quantity of energy, there would have been no technical development or social culture. Leon Trotsky animalmenreality A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. Leon Trotsky justifiedmeanneeds The revolution has its own laws: in the period of its culmination it pushes the most highly developed, determined and far-seeing stratum of the revolutionary class to the most advanced positions. Leon Trotsky revolutionlawclass
