"The end result of the revolution is not merely to change the government, but to change the very nature of human society."

"The working class has no alternative but to take power into its own hands."

"Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into a state of despair and cynicism unless you have an ideal to cling to."

"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that can happen to a man."

"We are concerned here with either real traitors or complete imbeciles. But imbecility, raised to this level, is equal to treason."