The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.

It would be the greatest mistake, certainly, to think that concessions mean peace. Nothing of the kind. Concessions are nothing but a new form of war.

Truth is the most precious thing. That's why we should ration it.

It is more pleasant and useful to go through the 'experience of the revolution' than to write about it.

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

Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever.

The status of women up to now has been compared to that of a slave; women have been tied to the home, and only socialism can save them from this. They will only be completely emancipated when we change from small-scale individual farming to collective farming and collective working of the land.