Leon Trotsky Quotes

England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.

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• England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.

  

  Leon Trotsky
  • Prove
  • England
  • Madhouse