"Either the revolution will be victorious, or it will be crushed. There is no middle course."

"A man with a rifle is a citizen with a vote."

"The working class needs a strong, centralized party to lead it to victory."

"History knows all sorts of metamorphoses. Relying on the reliability of one's convictions, on the honesty of one's intentions, on the sincerity of one's declarations — this is not a serious attitude t…"

"To talk about 'freedom of the press' is to talk about freedom of capital to bribe the press."