Let us not forget that revolutions are accomplished through people, although they be nameless. Materialism does not ignore the feeling, thinking, and acting man, but explains him.

The Soviet Union needs thinking and critical friends, such as are capable not only of singing hymns in the hours of success, but of not shrinking in the hour of defeat and danger.

Revolutionary realism tries to draw the maximum advantage from every situation - that is what makes it revolutionary - but at the same time it does not permit us to set ourselves fantastic aims - that is what makes it realistic.

I wrote a study about this question, The Lessons of October, which served as a pretext for my elimination from the government.

You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.

The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.

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