Leon Trotsky/exile 1929-1940

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    Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a manoeuver, a blow with an agreement.
    Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    There is no example in history of a revolutionary movement involving such gigantic masses being so bloodless.
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    the bird in the poplar tree
    dreaming, his head
    tucked into
    far-and-near exile under his wing ...
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)