Quote by: Leon Trotsky

With all due respect to all philistines, the dictatorship of the proletariat does just consist in "giving a hiding" to the classes that were previously supreme, before forcing them to recognize the new order and to submit to it.


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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