Tomorrow the revolution will 'rise up again, clashing its weapons,' and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!

Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all.

Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism.

Before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable.

Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.

The clergy, no less than the capitalist class, lives on the backs of the people, profits from the degradation, the ignorance and the oppression of the people.

History is the only true teacher, the revolution the best school for the proletariat.