"The working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own purposes."

"The bureaucracy in the Soviet Union is not a class, but a parasitic growth on the workers' state."

"The struggle for the liberation of the working class is an international struggle."

"The historical ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind nature, of the conscious over the unconscious, of the rational over the …"

"The working class can achieve its liberation only through its own efforts."