"The soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the morale of the enemy declines."

"We must be able to withstand everything, to agree to any and every sacrifice, and even — if need be — to resort to all sorts of strategems, manoeuvres and illegal methods, to evasion and concealment o…"

"The bourgeoisie has no right to demand that we should not use terror."

"There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience."

"Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by the use of violence by the proletariat agai…"