Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.

Leon Trotsky

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Topic

Carrots and sticks Political power Politics

Author

Leon Trotsky

Source

What Next?

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

Russian

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Marxist revolutionary Marxist Revolutionary Politician Writer

From

Ukraine Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trotsky, Leon. What Next? Vital Questions for the German Proletariat. Pioneer Publishers, 1932, ch. 14.

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Another quote from the 1930s

Where is the wisdom we have lost in
knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in
information?

T.S. Eliot

More information about this quote
Topic
Wisdom Knowledge Information
Speaker
Chorus

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Rock
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1934 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 1.

Another quote about Politics

The government strong enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take it all away.

Barry Goldwater

More information about this quote
Topic
Limited government Role of government Government Political theory Politics
Speaker
Barry Goldwater
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Campaign speech. 21 Oct. 1964.

Another quote originally in Russian

When a man spends the least possible number of movements over one definite action, that is grace.

Anton Chekhov

More information about this quote
Topic
Grace

Author

Anton Chekhov
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Letter to Alexi Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 Jan. 1899.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. "To Alexi Peshkov (Gorky), 3 January 1899, Yalta." A Life in Letters, translated by Rosamund Bartlett and Anthony Phillips. Penguin Classics, 2004.