I worked at a factory owned by Germans, at coal pits owned by Frenchmen, and at a chemical plant owned by Belgians. There I discovered something about capitalists. They are all alike, whatever the nationality. All they wanted from me was the most work for the least money that kept me alive. So I became a communist.

If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.

We say the name of God, but that is only habit.

If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you.

I can prophecy that your grandchildren in America will live under socialism -- Our firm conviction is that sooner or later Capitalism will give way to Socialism. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

The one who loses his head no longer cares about his hair.

Historians are dangerous people. They are capable of upsetting everything.