"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…"

"We must execute not only the guilty. Execution of the innocent will impress the masses even more."

"Democracy is a state which recognizes the subordination of the minority to the majority, i.e., an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against the other, by one section of the …"

"The 'dictatorship of the proletariat,' to use Marx's term, is the only possible form of transition from capitalism to communism."

"The best way to celebrate the anniversary of the October Revolution is to consolidate its gains and to prepare new victories."