It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

The goal of socialism is communism.

Unity must be won, and only the workers, the class-conscious workers themselves can win it - by stubborn and persistent effort.

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

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.

The state does not function as we desired. A man is at the wheel and seems to lead it, but the car does not drive in the desired direction. It moves as another force wishes.

The soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the moral disintegration of the enemy renders the delivery of the mortal blow both possible and easy.