Trotsky

Famous quotes containing the word trotsky:

    Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain—at least in a poor country like Russia—and his vanity begins to swell out like his tyres. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces—in nature, in society, in man himself.
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)