The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

We are not utopians, we do not “dream” of dispensing at once with all administration, with all subordination. These anarchist dreams, based upon incomprehension of the tasks of the proletarian dictatorship, are totally alien to Marxism, and, as a matter of fact, serve only to postpone the socialist revolution until people are different. No, we want the socialist revolution with people as they are now, with people who cannot dispense with subordination, control, and "foremen and accountants".

The entire trend of development is towards abolition of coercive domination of one part of society over another.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.

The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the enemy's cause, to help the class enemy. We do not desire to end in suicide, so we will not do this.

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