Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.
The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.
Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.
If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.
Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.