“All who have served the Revolution have plowed the sea.”

“Not long ago I learned from a certain person in considerable detail about the worthlessness of your character. All the same, it is you who have given me strength, you who have put the rainbow of revolution in my breast. It is you who have given an object to my life.”

“Graciousness in serving and being served marks the lives of leaders who have made the largest impact on my life.”

“Easy for you to say. You’re the one who got plowed. I was doing the plowing.”

“We are not utopians, we do not “dream” of dispensing at once with all administration, with all subordination. These anarchist dreams, based upon incomprehension of the tasks of the proletarian dictatorship, are totally alien to Marxism, and, as a matter of fact, serve only to postpone the socialist revolution until people are different. No, we want the socialist revolution with people as they are now, with people who cannot dispense with subordination, control, and "foremen and accountants".”

“You have to stop this. I don't want to lose you too. If you have to make a revolution, Make a small revolution.”