Quote by: Leon Trotsky

In a country where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced by a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.


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Author Bio


  • 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