Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and the proletarian revolution.

Yes, the electoral struggle [in U.S.S.R.] will be animated. It will proceed around numerous very sharp questions, namely, practical questions having first-rate significance for the people.

We desire to give the Soviet people absolute liberty of voting for those they desire to elect, those whom they trust to ensure their interests.

It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.

Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.

There is no nation in the whole world desiring war.

Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.