Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.

With all due respect to all philistines, the dictatorship of the proletariat does just consist in "giving a hiding" to the classes that were previously supreme, before forcing them to recognize the new order and to submit to it.

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.

In spite of the existence of the Soviet Union, however, the proletarian revolution during the past years has not recorded a victory in any other country.

Once again, he who ignores the problems of revolutionary strategy would do better not to talk about revolutions at all.

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.