"To rely upon conviction, upon loyalty, upon the conscientiousness of the army – that is stupidity, that is childishness, that is naiveté, that is unworthiness."

"It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."

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

"Control over bread is control over everything."

"The goal of our party is the conquest of political power by the proletariat."