Benjamin Britton’s Reviews > Red Star over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Death of Stalin > Status Update

"Fascists should know the strength of weapons in the hands of Soviet supermen."

"Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence and enjoy it to the full."
L. Trotsky,
Coyoacán, 27 February 1940.

"Cleanse the Party of Class Aliens and Hostile Elements, Degenerates, Opportunists, Double-Dealers, Careerists, Self-Seekers, Bureaucrats and Morally-Decayed Persons."

"Communism is Soviet Power Plus the Electrification of the Whole Country"
•Lenin

"Soviets and Electrification- This is the Foundation of the New World."

"Leon Trotsky had biological magnetism which excited those who came within the field, and excitement is the prerequisite of revolutionary action."
•Louis Fischer

"For the blood of Lenin... let there be floods of the blood of the bourgeoisie- more blood, as much blood as possible."
Krasnaya Gazeta

"Workers! A Few More Blows will Finally Eliminate the Capitalists and the Proletariat will Get Everything it Wants."

"Art must be everywhere- on the streets, in trams, in factories, in workshops, in workers' apartments."
•Vladimir Mayakovsky