"The advanced countries are the ones that exploit the rest of the world."

"The soundest strategy in war is to postpone operations until the morale of the enemy declines."

"It is not enough to be a revolutionary and an adherent of socialism or a Communist in general. You must be able at each particular moment to find the particular link in the chain which you must grasp …"

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

"The bourgeoisie has nothing to lose but its chains. It has a world to win."