"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…"

"The working class alone, of all classes, is consistently revolutionary."

"Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps."

"The press is the chief instrument of our propaganda."

"Either the revolution will be victorious, or it will be crushed. There is no middle course."