"We are fighting for the complete victory of the proletariat and the peasantry."

"The dictatorship of the proletariat is a persistent struggle—bloody and bloodless, violent and peaceful, military and economic, educational and administrative—against the forces and traditions of the …"

"Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal…"

"Socialism is an accounting office. That is all socialism is."

"If we want to achieve victory, we must learn to combine the most ruthless revolutionary methods with the most cautious and pragmatic approach."