Literature must become party literature. Down with unpartisan litterateurs! Down with the superman of literature! Literature must become a part of the general cause of the proletariat.

Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.

The leaders of the petty bourgeoisie must teach the people to trust the bourgeoisie. The proletarians must teach the people to distrust the bourgeoisie.

Sometimes quantity has a quality all its own.

Crime is a product of social excess.