Leon Trotsky

Where 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.

The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.

I was not prepared to play the role of singer in the camp of the warriors

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

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

Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.

Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.

Kings are the slaves of history.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

The Holocaust was a crime without parallel in history, and I am proud to launch an initiative to raise awareness of and to tackle anti-Semitism in all its forms. This is the start of an important journey and we all have a part to play.

To persons uninstructed in natural history, their country or seaside stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall.

He who does not understand history is doomed to repeat it.

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

Americans Never Quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We Make History.

History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.

How incredible our ancestors were. The first astrophysicists, scientists, physicians, mathematicians, architects, creators of so much of the world as we know it. It’s a blessing to know what cloth you’re cut from!

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.