The paradox of communism in power was that it was conservative.

It is a melancholy illusion of those who write books and articles that the printed word survives. Alas, it rarely does.

Telephone and telegraph were better means of communication than the holy man's telepathy

Many years later, another Marxian rephrased this as the choice between socialism and barbarity. Which of these will prevail is a question which the twenty-first century must be left to answer.

The paradox of communism in power was that it was conservative.

The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it.

Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.