Quote by Leon Trotsky
There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can

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. – Leon Trotsky

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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. – Leon Trotsky

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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. – Leon Trotsky

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In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. – Leon Trotsky

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Im still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes. – Tracey Ullman

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The thing about drugs and sex is that you lose all your inhibitions. Ive had sex in trains, planes, wine bars… and quite a few car parks! – Robbie Williams

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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car. – Sacha Baron Cohen

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It used to be that youd have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy a car. Now you can buy a dealership. – Tom T. Hall

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Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. – Jean Rostand

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If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer, of all sports, is surely his game…. In a world haunted by the hydrogen and napalm bomb, the football field is a place where sanity and hope are still left unmolested. – Stanley Rous, 1952

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Im sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. – Alice Walker

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