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There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.

~Leon Trotsky

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The dynamic of revolutionary events is directly determined by swift, intense, and passionate changes in the psychology of classes which have already formed themselves before the revolution.

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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.

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From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

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England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Revolutionary

Born: October 26th, 1879

Died: August 21st, 1940

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