"The more the economic conditions of society are subjected to the control of the individual, the more will the individual be free."

"A proletarian forced to exist under such conditions is truly a being without will, without self-respect, without any sense of responsibility."

"The philistine is a man who regards the world as existing for him alone."

"We are not dealing with a simple economic doctrine but with a new world outlook."

"In a communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible …"