1. The Yalta Conference
In response to a letter in a newspaper by writer Maxim Gorky criticizing the Bolshevik actions, Lenin wrote: "As the State is only a transitional institution which we are obliged to use in the revolutionary struggle in order to crush our opponents forcibly, it is pure absurdity to speak of a Free People's State. ... Interesting to note that a young Stalin, then the head of the People's Commissariat for Nationalities, wanted to deprive the Soviet Republics of their independence by turning them into republics within the RSFSR, but had his proposal rejected when Lenin opted for his ow...
Here the sweep's unfeeling sanctimonious parents have clothed him in the clothes of death and taught him to sing the notes of woe. ... The children are free to leap and shout and laugh under the responsible care of the nurse, who watches over the children, indulging their desires, and yet taking care of their physical well being. ...
Another positive outcome of Tom's response to "The Principia" was that it helped him cultivate a graphically sound and free spirited style of thinking... and a desire to prove all things to himself through practical experimentation. ... And, even though his occasional refusal to accept established engineering principles may have revealed a flaw in his overall character, his "free wheeling" style of observation and creativity worked amazingly well for him during the emergence of the relatively "new age" of electricity. ...