The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls 'inspiration.'
Leon TrotskyThe Soviet Union needs thinking and critical friends, such as are capable not only of singing hymns in the hours of success, but of not shrinking in the hour of defeat and danger.
Leon TrotskyThat the existence of the Soviet Union has an international revolutionary significance is a commonplace equally recognized by friends and foes.
Leon TrotskyThe people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].
Leon TrotskyIn Russia itself the proletariat conquered in spite of the fact that there was no Soviet State in existence at the time elsewhere. For the victory are necessary, not only certain objective conditions, internal as well as external, but also certain subjective factors - the Party, the leadership, the strategy.
Leon Trotsky