"The revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, not a painting, not a embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so 'benign', 'courteous', 'restrained' and 'magnanimous'."

"In a revolution, the people are always on the side of the stronger."

"Terror as a demonstration of the will and strength of the working class is historically justified."

"Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness."

"The revolution is like the god Saturn, it devours its own children."