Leon Trotsky/exile 1929-1940

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

    “In Stalin each [Soviet bureaucrat] easily finds himself. But Stalin also finds in each one a small part of his own spirit. Stalin is the personification of the bureaucracy. That is the substance of his political personality.”
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    “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)