"We must be able to combine the strictest loyalty to the ideas of communism with the ability to make all the necessary practical compromises."

"Hang no fewer than one hundred well-known kulaks, rich men, bloodsuckers, and make sure that the hanging takes place in full view of the people."

"Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps."

"Sometimes - history needs a push."

"The more powerful the resistance, the more ruthless will be our terror."