The people will always attempt to find the positive aspects of all circumstances, which, in themselves, are not susceptible to danger.

Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious.

It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes.

Exported revolution is nonsense.

To assert that we desire to bring about revolution in other countries, by interfering with their lives, is to speak of something which does not exist and which we never preach.

Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.

In a socialist society, everybody is obliged to work even though he is remunerated for his labor and not yet according to his needs, but according to the quantity and quality of the labor expended.