Attention, must be devoted principally to raising the workers to the level of revolutionaries; it is not our task to descend to the level of the 'working masses'.

Imperialism, in a sense, is the transition stage from capitalism to Socialism. . . . It is capitalism dying, not dead.

Bah, tombstones are only good for pigeons to sit on

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

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

Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.

We would be deceiving both ourselves and the people if we concealed from the masses the necessity of a desperate, bloody war of extermination, as the immediate task of the coming revolutionary action.