"The party is always right."

"The revolution is merciless, not only toward those who lag behind, but toward those who run ahead."

"The working class needs a party, as a lever for the conquest of power, but it needs a party that is not afraid to lead it to power."

"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 …"

"The revolution is an art."