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)

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

    Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death”;
    For exile hath more terror in his look,
    Much more than death. Do not say “banishment!”
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)