The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
——一九二八年四月十三日斯大林在联共(布)莫斯科组织的积极分子会议上所作的报告《关于中央委员会和中央监察委员会四月联席全会的工作》
我变得疯狂,而在长时间的可怕清醒间歇中度日。