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.
— Leon Trotsky Modern

Russian revolutionary

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On human nature

Date / Period

1930

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1930/hrr/ch01.htm

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