In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. – Leon Trotsky
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man. – Leon Trotsky

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. – Leon Trotsky
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man. – Leon Trotsky
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. – Leon Trotsky
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. – Leon Trotsky