Look back at history - those who guided the revolution in the time of its culmination never kept their leading positions long after the turning point.
Leon TrotskyAs for us, we were never concerned with the Kantian-priestly and vegetarian-Quaker prattle about the sacredness of human life.
Leon TrotskyA means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.
Leon TrotskyIf we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
Leon Trotsky