A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.

Comrades! The kulak uprising in your five districts must be crushed without pity. You must make example of these people. (1) Hang (I mean hang publicly, so that people see it) at least 100 kulaks, rich bastards, and known bloodsuckers. (2) Publish their names. (3) Seize all their grain. (4) Single out the hostages per my instructions in yesterday's telegram. Do all this so that for miles around people see it all, understand it, tremble, and tell themselves that we are killing the bloodthirsty kulaks and that we will continue to do so ...Find tougher people.

I don't care what becomes of Russia. To hell with it. All this is only the road to a World Revolution.

The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.

As an ultimate objective, "peace" simply means communist world control.

If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.