Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.

Freedom of speech and the press must be complete. But then freedom of association must be complete too.

One of the chief symptoms of every revolution is the sharp and sudden increase in the number of ordinary people who take an active, independent and forceful interest in politics.

Three keys to success: read, read, read.

Don't be afraid to admit defeat. Learn from defeat. Do over again more thoroughly, more carefully, and more systematically what you have done badly.

Behind the October Revolution there are more influential personalities than the thinkers and executors of Marxism.

Lenin, the greatest man of action in our century and at the same time the most selfless.