Leon Trotsky

11 quotations
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
Leon Trotsky · Ends and Means
Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction.
Leon Trotsky · Fascism
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
Leon Trotsky · Force
Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
Leon Trotsky · Age and Aging
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
Leon Trotsky · Ideas
If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
Leon Trotsky · Planning
Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.
Leon Trotsky · Rebellion
Revolutions are always verbose.
Leon Trotsky · Revolutions and Revolutionaries
In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.
Leon Trotsky · Struggle
Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.
Leon Trotsky · Techniques
Under all conditions well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.
Leon Trotsky · Violence

Subjects Leon Trotsky spoke about

Age and Aging Ends and Means Fascism Force Ideas Planning Rebellion Revolutions and Revolutionaries Struggle Techniques Violence