"The more conscious the masses become, the more they will realise the inevitability of social revolution."

"Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country."

"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…"

"Truth is a bourgeois prejudice."

"We shall be told that the peasant is an individualist, that he is for private property. But we reply that he is also for social property, if only he can make a profit out of it."