Leon Trotsky/exile 1929-1940

Famous quotes containing the words leon trotsky, leon, trotsky and/or exile:

    “Our party’s most outstanding mediocrity.”
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    “Can’t get Indiana off my mind, that’s the place I long to see.”
    —Robert De Leon (1904–1961)

    “Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one’s enemies.”
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    “No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)