We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.

You can become a Communist only when you enrich your mind with a knowledge of all the treasures created by mankind.

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

People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be, until they have learned to seek out the interests of some class or other behind all moral, religious, political and social phrases, declarations and promises.

America has become one of the foremost countries in regard to the depth of the abyss which lies between the handful of arrogant multimillionaires who wallow in filth and luxury, and the millions of working people who constantly live on the verge of pauperism.

The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.

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.