“It is difficult for me to imagine what "personal liberty" is enjoyed by an unemployed person, who goes about hungry, and cannot find employment.Real liberty can exist only where exploitation has been abolished, where there is no oppression of some by others, where there is no unemployment and poverty, where a man is not haunted by the fear of being tomorrow deprived of work, of home and of bread. Only in such a society is real, and not paper, personal and every other liberty possible.”

“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”

“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”

“I trust no one, not even myself.”

“In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.”

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

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

“History shows that there are no invincible armies.”

“One death is a tragedy one million is a statistic. ”

“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”

“If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference', you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.”