It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Autocracy cannot do without its twin agents: a hangman and a priest, the first to suppress popular resistance by force, the second to sweeten and embellish the lot of the oppressed with empty promises of a heavenly kingdom.

Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

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.

It is necessary to be able to withstand all this, to agree to any and every sacrifice, and even - if need be - to resort to all sorts of stratagems, manoeuvres and illegal methods, to evasion and subterfuges in order to penetrate the trade unions, to remain in them, and to carry on Communist work in them at all costs.

One fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.