9 Quotes by Leon Trotsky about communism





  • Author Leon Trotsky
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    The boycott of parliamentary institutions on the part of anarchists and semianarchists is dictated by a desire not to submit their weakness to a test on the part of the masses, thus preserving their right to an inactive hauteur which makes no difference to anybody. A revolutionary party can turn its back to a parliament only if it has set itself the immediate task of overthrowing the existing regime.

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  • Author Leon Trotsky
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    In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.

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  • Author Leon Trotsky
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    In the meantime, the first characteristic of a really revolutionary party is -- to be able to look reality in the face.

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