The Soviet State does not need either illusions or camouflage. It can claim only that world authority which is confirmed by the facts.

When one runs with the wolves, one must howl with the pack.

...capitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling.

Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.

As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness!

Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full.

If we close our eyes to the dark sides of the workers' State which we have helped to create, we shall never reach socialism.