In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a dictator substitutes himself for the central committee.

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.

What shall we call an "immediate possibility"? In 1923 the situation in Germany was profoundly revolutionary, but what was lacking for a victorious revolution was a correct strategy.

Everyone has a right to be stupid, but Comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.

Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

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

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.