Are there no American citizens sympathizing with whiteguard emigres who conduct propaganda in favor of capitalism, against the Soviets? Then what does the point involve? The point is not to assist these persons, not to finance their activities. The point is that officials of both countries should not interfere in the internal affairs of the other country.

I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

We built this [socialistic] society not for the curbing of personal liberty, but in order that human personalities should really feel free.

Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world.

Anti-Semitism, as an extreme form of racial chauvinism, is the most dangerous vestige of cannibalism.

The writer is the engineer of the human soul.