The ancient philosopher said that strife is the father of a… - Leon Trotsky

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The ancient philosopher said that strife is the father of all things. No new values can be created where a free conflict of ideas is impossible. To be sure, a revolutionary dictatorship means by its very essence strict limitations of freedom. But for that very reason epochs of revolution have never been directly favorable to cultural creation: they have only cleared the arena for it. The dictatorship of the proletariat opens a wider scope to human genius the more it ceases to be a dictatorship. The socialist culture will flourish only in proportion to the dying away of the state.

Leon Trotsky

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About Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky (Лев Давидович Троцкий; born Lev Davidovich Bronstein; Лев Давидович Бронштейн]; 7 November (O.S. 26 October) 1879 – 21 August 1940) was a Russian Marxist, intellectual, and revolutionary. In the early Soviet Union, he founded the Politburo, served as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, and created and led the Red Army. After Lenin's death, Trotsky was exiled for his opposition to Joseph Stalin's policies. His 1940 assassination (with an ice axe) in Mexico was carried out by a Soviet agent (Ramón Mercader) at Stalin's behest.

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Pen Names: Троцкий • Перо • Антид Ото • Л. Седов • Старик

Native Name: Лейба Давидович Бронштейн • Лев Давидович Троцкий

Alternative Names: Lev Bronstein • Lev Davidovich Bronshtein • Lev Davidovich Bronstein • Leon Trotski • Trotsky • Lev Davidovich Bronshteyn • Lev Bronshteyn • Lev Trotsky • Trotskiy • Lev Trotskiy • Lev Davidovich Trotsky • Lev Davidovich Trotskiy

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