“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”

“I believe in only one thing, the power of human will.”

“I believe in one thing only, the power of the human will”

“When the Bolsheviks came to power they were soft and easy with their enemies... we had begun by making a mistake. Leniency towards such a power was a crime against the working classes. That soon became apparent...”

“...[I]ron discipline does not preclude but presupposes criticism and contest of opinion within the Party. Least of all does it mean that discipline must be 'blind'. On the contrary, iron discipline does not preclude but presupposes conscious and voluntary submission, for only conscious discipline can be truly iron discipline.”

“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”

“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”