"The revolution is a living process, not a dogma."

"The task of the working class is to conquer power and to build a socialist society."

"Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into a state of despair and cynicism unless you have an ideal to cling to."

"Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness."

"The party does not simply create the revolution; the revolution creates the party."