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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Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from ones enemies. – Leon Trotsky

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When youre in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing. – Nick Mason

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Ive always been a bit of a car freak. – Eric Bana

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In L.A., I dont really want to go out because traffic sucks so bad. Im sorry, Im not going to spend five hours a day in my car, so you have to choose where you live very carefully. – Holly Madison

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The year most of my high school friends and I got our drivers permits, the coolest thing one could do was stand outside after school and twirl ones car keys like a lifeguard whistle. That jingling sound meant freedom and power. – Sloane Crosley

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If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds become organically one, and for this reason the family is total poetry. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. – Ambrose Bierce