Leon Trotsky Quotes

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

Treat your friends as if they were going to be your enemies one day.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

Be on guard against your friends.

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.

Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.'

Be careful of your enemy once and of your friend a thousand times, for a double crossing friend knows more about what harms you.

I would rather betray others, than have others betray me

In 'A Scanner Darkly,' as in 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' all intersubjective relations devolve into webs of suspicion and betrayal.

It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

I am very suspicious of people.

I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends.

Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Never trust a man who doesn't like Elvis.

There is no safety for honest men but by believing all possible evil of evil men.

I used to trust people easily, but now I'm a little careful because some experiences have taught me to not trust anyone blindly.

I trust no one - that microphone, that book.

I don't really trust nobody.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

Those that trust no one, usually end up trusting the wrong person."-Umma to Midnight