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

Our party's most outstanding mediocrity.

It is therefore not true that the mere existence of the Soviet Union is capable of assuring the victory of the revolution in other countries.

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.

Transcending class distinctions, the speaker [Stalin] portrays the relation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat as a mere division of labor. The workers and soldiers achieve the revolution, Guchkov and Miliukov "fortify" it.[...] This superintendent's approach to the historical process is exactly characteristic of the leaders of Menshevism, this handing out of instructions to various classes and then patronizingly criticizing their fulfillment.

I feel here that this time they have succeeded.

Our differences with [Joseph] Stalin are entirely of a strategical character.