The Communist Party does not fear criticism because we are Marxist, the truth is on our side, and the basic masses, the workers and peasants, are on our side.

Thoroughgoing materialists are fearless; we hope that all our fellow fighters will courageously shoulder their responsibilities and overcome all difficulties, fearing no setbacks or gibes, nor hesitating to criticize us Communists and give us suggestions. "He who is not afraid of death by a thousand cuts dares to unhorse the emperor" -- this is the indomitable spirit needed in our struggle to build socialism and communism.

Opposition and struggle between ideas of different kinds constantly occur within the Party of contradictions between classes and between the new and the old in society. If there were no contradictions in the Party and no ideological struggles to resolve them, the Party life would come to an end.