"Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points."

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Source : Leon Trotsky (1967). “Stalin: An Appraisal of the Man and His Influence”, New York : Stein and Day

Leon Trotsky

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“Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.”
“I understand that artists and critics make a big deal over the Grammys. But when I go to my shows and I'm selling out arenas in London, and when I'm in Australia and Japan, there aren't any Grammys there. There are human beings who I've touched. There are human beings who are inspired by me, who I love dearly. And that's what my career is based on.”
“He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.”
“People get stuck a lot because they're afraid to act; in the worst case,...we get so attached to some end result that we can't function. We need help just to move on, only life doesn't wait.”
“The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.”
“We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.”
“Our history is an aggregate of last moments”
“To say that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as a fertilizer.”

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