"Where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced with a new one: who does not obey shall not eat."

"The proletariat must seize power and smash the old state machine."

"If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement."

"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 …"

"Terror as a demonstration of the will and strength of the proletariat is historically justified, precisely because the proletariat's will and strength are the only historical factors that can save hum…"