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

I emphasized the significance of revolutionary strategy.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.