"The October Revolution was a democratic revolution, carried out by the working class."

"The working class, having seized power, must immediately proceed to socialist transformations."

"Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes …"

"The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life."

"The working class, having seized power, cannot remain within the framework of bourgeois democracy."