"The electrification of the whole country is the only way to overcome the backwardness of Russia."

"We must be able to combine the strictest loyalty to the ideas of communism with the ability to make all the necessary practical compromises."

"The entire question of the struggle against opportunism must be raised from the standpoint of the struggle against the bourgeoisie."

"One man with a gun can control 100 without one."

"We need to clear the ground of this old rubbish. We must destroy everything that is old, rotten, and harmful."