Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by the use of violence by the proletariat against the bourgeoisie, rule that is unrestricted by any laws.

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.

He who does not work shall not eat

Unity must be won, and only the workers, the class-conscious workers themselves can win it - by stubborn and persistent effort.

One would like to stroke and caress human beings, but one dares not do so, because they bite.

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.

The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief.