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

In the appendix to my History of the Russian Revolution I give a detailed and documented study of the ideas of the Bolshevik party on the October revolution. This study, I hope, will make it impossible in the future to ascribe to [Vladimir] Lenin the theory of Socialism in a single country.

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.

Dialectical thought is related to vulgar thinking in the same way that a motion picture is related to a still photograph. The motion picture does not outlaw the still photograph but combines a series of them according to the laws of motion.

Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people.

Under all conditions, well-organized violence seems to him the shortest distance between two points.