The motive force of history is truth and not lies.

The people will have the right to elect their representatives from a list of candidates [who have been approved by the Party].

The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.

[Joseph] Stalin closes the exposition of these [Leon Trotsky] ideas with the words, "Such are in general the characteristic features of [Vladimir] Lenin's conception of the proletarian revolution."

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.

Look back at history - those who guided the revolution in the time of its culmination never kept their leading positions long after the turning point.

If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.