Leon Trotsky

"Life is not an empty abstraction in which man is free to move about in any direction he pleases."

"The permanent revolution, so to speak, is the derivative of the law of uneven and combined development of mankind."

"Defeatism is the enemy of the revolution."

"Without a revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement."

"The struggle for culture begins where the struggle for socialism begins."

"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."

"The most dangerous types are the liberals, who go around saying they believe in free speech."

"Learning to think historically is one of the most difficult tasks for a human being."

"In a society where the working class is in power, culture belongs to the people."

"Creativity is the greatest expression of freedom."

"The consciousness of a human being is not determined by his beard."

"Art is a special form of thought."

"The revolution has no frontiers."

"Truth does not require a majority to be true."

"The mainspring of human activity is the driving force of necessity."

"Those who are not against us are with us."

"The dialectic imagination, in my opinion, is the highest form of thinking."

"We would rather perish than submit to slavery."

"Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and forever."

"The revolution is betrayed when the revolutionary party becomes a bureaucratic apparatus."

"Humanity needs the pursuit of justice more than it needs bread."

"The problems of society cannot be solved by those who benefit from them."

"Literature is a mirror of society."

"The working class is the grave-digger of capitalism."

"Hope is the last thing to die."

"There is no greater power than the power of the people united."

"The task of the revolution is to liberate mankind from economic slavery."

"Strength lies not in defense but in attack."

"Culture cannot be imposed; it must grow organically from the people."

"The university of life teaches harder lessons than any academy."