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

A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.

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.

City of prose and fantasy, of capitalist automation, its streets a triumph of cubism, its moral philosophy that of the dollar. New York impressed me tremendously because, more than any other city, it is the fullest expression of our modern age.

The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.

If we close our eyes to the dark sides of the workers' State which we have helped to create, we shall never reach socialism.

The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion.