Quote by: Leon Trotsky

The boycott of parliamentary institutions on the part of anarchists and semianarchists is dictated by a desire not to submit their weakness to a test on the part of the masses, thus preserving their right to an inactive hauteur which makes no difference to anybody. A revolutionary party can turn its back to a parliament only if it has set itself the immediate task of overthrowing the existing regime.


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  • NameLeon Trotsky
  • DescriptionRussian Marxist revolutionary
  • AliasesLev Davidovich Bronshtein; ??? ?????????? ????????; ??? ????????
  • BornNovember 7, 1879
  • DiedAugust 21, 1940
  • CountryRussian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Soviet Union
  • ProfessionPolitician; Diplomat; Autobiographer
  • AwardsOrder Of The Red Banner