Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

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

In the last analysis, productivity of labour is the most important, the principal thing for the victory of the new social system.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

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.

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.