In the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism.

Imperialism: The final stage of Capitalism.

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

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government?

Our idea is that a state is strong when the people are politically conscious. It is strong when the people know everything, can form an opinion of everything, and do everything consciously.

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