The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.

Dissimulation is the refuge of the slave.

The patience and forbearance of the poor are among the strongest bulwarks of the rich.

Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation.

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear.

I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.