1. “Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.”

2. “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.”

3. “The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.”

4. “Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”

5. “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.”

6. “When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.”

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

8. “Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.”

9. “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.”

10. “History shows that there are no invincible armies.”

11. “Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.”

12. “I trust no one, not even myself.”

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

14. “Quantity has a quality all its own.”

15. “Success is the important thing. Propaganda is not a matter for average minds, but rather a matter for practitioners.”

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

17. “It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.”