The reflection of nature in man's thought must be understood not lifelessly but in the eternal process of movement, the arising of contradictions and… - Vladimir Lenin

When we say "the state," the state is We, it is we, it is the proletariat, it is the advanced guard of the working class.

The nearer we come to the full military suppression of the bourgeoisie, the more dangerous becomes to us the high flood of petty-bourgeois Anarchism. And the struggle against these elements cannot be waged with propaganda and agitation alone. ... The struggle must also be waged by applying force and compulsion.

The only serious organizational principle the active workers of our movement can accept is strict secrecy, strict selection of members and the training of professional revolutionaries.