León Trotski: Frases en inglés

León Trotski era político y revolucionario marxista de Rusia. Frases en inglés.
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“A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified”

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Leon Trotsky

Fuente: Their Morals and Ours (1938)
Contexto: A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified, From the Marxist point of view, which expresses the historical interests of the proletariat, the end is justified if it leads to increasing the power of man over nature and to the abolition of the power of man over man.

“Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.”

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Leon Trotsky

Trotzky's Diary in Exile — 1935 (1958)
Fuente: Diary in Exile, 1935

“Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.”

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Leon Trotsky

“Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.”

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Leon Trotsky

Trotzky's Diary in Exile — 1935 (1958)

“Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.”

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Leon Trotsky libro Literature and Revolution

Fuente: Literature and Revolution (1924)

“There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.”

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Leon Trotsky

The Russian Revolution (1930)

“Italian fascism was the immediate outgrowth of the betrayal by the reformists of the uprising of the Italian proletariat. From the time the [first world] war ended, there was an upward trend in the revolutionary movement in Italy, and in September 1920 it resulted in the seizure of factories and industries by the workers. The dictatorship of the proletariat was an actual fact; all that was lacking was to organize it and draw from it all the necessary conclusions. The social democracy took fright and sprang back. After its bold and heroic exertions, the proletariat was left facing the void. The disruption of the revolutionary movement became the most important factor in the growth of fascism. In September, the revolutionary advance came to a standstill; and November already witnessed the first major demonstration of the fascists”

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the seizure of Bologna
Fuente: Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It (1944), Ch. 2

“We are fighting. We are fighting a life-and-death struggle. The Press is a weapon not of an abstract society, but of two irreconcilable, armed and contending sides. We are destroying the Press of the counter-revolution, just as we destroyed its fortified positions, its stores, its communications and its intelligence system.”

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Leon Trotsky libro Terrorism and Communism

Fuente: Terrorism and Communism (1920), Ch. 3

“The owl of wisdom flies, as is well known, after sunset. Thus the theory of a "socialist" system of money and prices was developed only after twilight of inflationist illusions.”

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Leon Trotsky libro La revolución traicionada

Fuente: The Revolution Betrayed (1936), Ch. 4, Section 3 : The Rehabilitation of the Ruble

“A sledgehammer breaks glass but forges steel.”

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Leon Trotsky

"We do not change our course" (1938)

“With regard to countries with a belated bourgeois development, especially the colonial and semi-colonial countries, the theory of the permanent revolution signifies that the complete and genuine solution of their tasks of achieving democracy and national emancipation is conceivable only through the dictatorship of the proletariat as the leader of the subjugated nation, above all of its peasant masses.”

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Leon Trotsky libro The Permanent Revolution

Fuente: The Permanent Revolution (1929), Ch. 10

“The genuine basis (for fascism) is the petty bourgeoisie. In italy, it has a very large base -- the petty bourgeoisie of the towns and cities, and the peasantry. In Germany, likewise, there is a large base for fascism….”

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Leon Trotsky

Fuente: Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It (1944), Ch. 1

“The economically powerful big bourgeoisie, in itself, represents an infintesimal minority of the nation. To enforce its domination, it must ensure a definite mutual relationship with the petty bourgeoisie and, through its mediation, with the proletariat.”

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Leon Trotsky

Fuente: Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It (1944), Ch. 5

“The concrete is a combination of abstractions — not an arbitrary or subjective combination but one that corresponds to the laws of the movement of a given phenomenon.”

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Leon Trotsky

Fuente: In Defense of Marxism (1942), p. 147

“Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain — at least in a poor country like Russia — and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.”

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Leon Trotsky

The Russian Revolution (1930)

“The dictatorship of the proletariat which has risen to power as the leader of the democratic revolution is inevitably and, very quickly confronted with tasks, the fulfillment of which is bound up with deep inroads into the rights of bourgeois property. The democratic revolution grows over directly into the socialist revolution and thereby becomes a permanent revolution.”

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Leon Trotsky libro The Permanent Revolution

Fuente: The Permanent Revolution (1929), Ch. 10

“In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.”

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Leon Trotsky

The Russian Revolution (1930)

“It is only possible to safeguard the supremacy of the working class by forcing the bourgeoisie accustomed to rule, to realize that it is too dangerous an undertaking for it to revolt against the dictatorship of the proletariat, to undermine it by conspiracies, sabotage, insurrections, or the calling in foreign troops.”

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Leon Trotsky libro Terrorism and Communism

Fuente: Terrorism and Communism (1920), Ch. 2