Man makes religion, religion does not make man

You will have to go through 15, 20, 50 years of civil wars and national struggles not only to bring about a change in society but also to change yourselves, and prepare yourselves for the exercise of political power.

The whole proletariat must be armed at once with muskets, rifles, cannon and ammunition, and the revival of the old-style citizens militia, directed against the workers, must be opposed.

The policy of Russia is changeless. Its methods, its tactics, its maneuvers may change, but the polar star of its policy, world domination, is a fixed star. About Russia

Nothing is easier than to give Christian asceticism a Socialist tinge.

There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery

The way people get their living determines their social outlook.