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Political literature3 quotes
A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. — Leon Trotsky · 1938Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement. — Leon Trotsky · 1932Art, it is said, is not a mirror, but a hammer: it does not reflect, it shapes. — Leon Trotsky · 1924Autobiography and memoir1 quote
It was the supreme expression of the mediocrity of the apparatus that Stalin himself rose to his position. — Leon Trotsky · 1930Historical literature1 quote
You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on-into the dustbin of history! — Leon Trotsky · 1933