The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief: either to perish, or to catch up with the advanced countries and outdistance them, too, in economic matters.
Vladimir LeninSoviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.
Vladimir LeninWhen one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward--or go back
Vladimir Lenin