The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemy's cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.

Russians are too kind, they lack the ability to apply determined methods of revolutionary terror.

For the first time the peasant has seen real freedom - freedom to eat his bread, freedom from starvation.

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

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation.

Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.