Skip to content

Animal Quote by Leon Trotsky

“As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love…” quote by Leon Trotsky
Download Open image
“As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure and social education. One may even say that man is a fairly lazy animal. It is on this quality, in reality, that is founded to a considerable extent all human progress; because if man did not strive to expend his energy economically, did not seek to receive the largest possible quantity of products in return for a small quantity of energy, there would have been no technical development or social culture.”

Leon Trotsky

3.0 out of 5 (8 ratings)

More by Leon Trotsky

Explore all 161 Leon Trotsky quotes

More Animal quotes

Browse all 7,647 Animal quotes