The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief: either to perish, or to catch up with the advanced countries and outdistance them, too, in economic matters.
The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.
When we say "the state," the state it is we, it is the proletariat, it is the advanced guard of the working class.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. But when it come it moves irresistibly.
Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation.
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
It is true that liberty is precious - so precious that it must be rationed.
The Jewish bourgeoisie are our enemies, not as Jews but as bourgeoisie. The Jewish worker is our brother.
