"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."

"The end result of the revolution can only be the dictatorship of the proletariat."

"The working class, having taken power, will create its own state apparatus."

"The bureaucracy, by its very nature, is conservative and seeks to preserve its own privileges."

"Where force is necessary, it is justified."