LENIN ON ORGANIZATION
go wherever the masses are going and at every step
endeavor to direct their consciousness towards Socialism,
 they must associate every private question
with the general tasks of the proletariat, they must
use every attempt at organization to further the
cause of class consolidation, and by their energy
and moral influence (and not, of course, by their
titles and ranks) gain the lead in every legal proletarian
 organization. That these nuclei and committees
 will be sometimes rather small numerically
is of no consequence—they will be bound together
by the ties of Party tradition, Party organization
and a definite class program. Two or three Social
Democratic Party members will therefore be able to
prevent themselves from dissolving into a vague and
formless legal organization. Under all conditions
and circumstances, and in every possible situation,
they will carry on a Party policy, they will influence
their environment in the spirit of the Party and will
not allow their environment to engulf them. , . .

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